The streamer Summit1g was in a 20-minute chase with the police in GTA Roleplay (GTA 5). With a clever maneuver, he shook off the cops. The viewers are celebrating it.
Who is the streamer? The streamer Jaryd “Summit1g” Laza is a well-known face on TwitchTV. For a long time, he played Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and built a large community over the past years while playing various games such as Sea of Thieves and GTA 5. He has been faithful to the roleplay of GTA 5 for some time now, showcasing entertaining scenes repeatedly.
Why was he chased by the police? In his stream on August 30th, Summit decided with a few friends to rob a small store in GTA 5. In their roleplay roles, they executed this heist. Summit kept looking out the window to check for the police.
Suddenly, a patrol car appeared and raced into the parking lot in front of the store. Summit ran to his getaway car, waited for his friends, and then sped away.
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This is how Summit shook off the police: For over 20 minutes, this chase between Summit’s gang and the cops went on. He tried to shake off the police officers, but he didn’t succeed. At one point, he thought about using a braking maneuver to lose the police car that was closing in on him.
He hit the brakes, the first police car drove past him, was rammed by Summit, and then rolled over. The second patrol car could not avoid the accident and rammed police vehicle 1, which was sliding on its roof at the time.
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Player Jokerd has managed to be the first player to reach level 60 in WoW Classic. He celebrated his success exuberantly on his stream – and dozens of players with him.
This is how the milestone was celebrated: After Jokerd reached level 60 in WoW Classic on Friday evening, August 30 as the first player, many players on his server celebrated this event with him.
He even started a small parade in Stormwind, first on his mechanical mount, then on foot, so that everyone could join. With a cheerful “Run, run together!” they traveled loudly shouting and casting spells to Goldshire.
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There was already another surprise waiting: Dozens of other players lined the street in honor of the level 60 gnome. They lined the road to the small village and elicited a slightly incredulous: “What the fuck?!” from the streamer.
All this was accompanied by “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang and other hits from the 80s, culminating in Jokerd wanting to delete his character. However, he was not allowed to do that, as the community repeatedly sent him letters preventing the deletion.
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Did everything go fair? Despite all the celebration, there were comments from other players on some Twitch channels and also in the game, that Jokerd reached level 60 with partly illegal means or otherwise cheated. It was claimed that he
shared his account with his brother
used an addon that Blizzard had banned shortly before
constantly switched layers in WoW Classic through group invitations
However, so far, these are just rumors. What is certain is that Jokerd chose a strong class for leveling as a mage. If you want to reach level 60 quickly yourself, you can find 10 tips for leveling quickly in WoW Classic here.
Level 60 – And now? So far, there is nothing new from Jokerd. He has not participated in the “World First Race” for defeating the “new old bosses”. However, that already ended shortly after his success.
The guild Apes defeated Ragnaros on the night of August 31 to September 1.
All of this happened on the First Try. Some players of the raid apparently had not even reached level 60, as that is not a requirement to enter the Molten Core in WoW Classic.
In FIFA 20, you can pass and shoot in completely crazy ways. We present some “Fancy Passes” – including backheel passes.
What are these passes in FIFA 20? In FIFA 20, you have significantly more tricks and animations available than in FIFA 19 to show off stylish dribbles, passes, or shots on the pitch.
This is mainly due to the major innovation in FIFA 20: The Volta Mode, which brings street football back. On the street, skill moves and pretty flair shots and passes are essential, which is why EA adds some new tricks.
However, you can perform the new animations not only in Volta mode but also on the big field in 11v11. The EA game-changer Kazooie94 now presents some “Fancy Passes” in the video, which we show you below:
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Fancy Passes can be performed by almost all players in FIFA 20
Who can perform these cool passes? For the Fancy Passes, the only requirement specified is one star in skill moves. This means that any player can perform them – even the goalkeeper. However, some pass animations require the “Flair Trait,” which only a handful of players possess.
How to perform the “New Back Heel” pass: Hold L2 (LT), press X (A) and push the left stick back. Then the player pulls the ball back with one foot and passes it with the heel:
How to perform the Knee Pass: Hold L2 (LT), press X or Square (A or X) and push the left stick forward. The player then passes the ball directly with the knee:
How to perform the “Fancy Lob 90 Outside Foot” pass: Hold L2 (LT), press Square (X) and push the left stick left or right. The player lifts the ball with one foot and kicks it with the other foot:
How to perform the Back Pass: Hold L2 (LT), press X or Square (A or X) and push the left stick back. The player then receives the ball with his back and passes it on:
How to perform the “Fancy Volley Medium” pass: Hold L2 (LT), press X or Square (A or X) and push the left stick back. For this pass, the player continues the ball like this:
How to perform the “Fancy Volley High” pass: Hold L2 (LT), press X or Square (A or X) and push the left stick back. For this pass, the player performs the same acrobatic movement as the previous pass, but in the air:
How to perform the “Outside Foot Pass”: Hold L2 (LT), press X or Square (A or X) and push the left stick forward. The player passes the ball with the outside of the foot:
How to perform the “Rainbow Pass Forward”: Hold L2 (LT), press X (A) and push the left stick forward. The player traps the ball between both feet and passes it on similarly to the rainbow trick:
How to perform the “Back Heel Pass High”: Hold L2 (LT), press Square (X) and push the left stick down. The player passes the ball high backwards with the heel:
How to perform the “Rainbow Pass Backwards”: Hold L2 (LT), press Square (X) and push the left stick down. The player then passes the ball with the heel backwards, initially lifting it in rainbow style:
How to perform the “Fancy Lob 90”: Hold L2 (LT), press Square (X) and push the left stick left or right. The player pulls the ball back and lifts it with the heel:
How to perform the “Ball Hop Pass”: Hold L2 (LT), press X (A) and push the left stick forward. The player hops the ball between his feet upwards and passes it high in rainbow style:
All these crazy passes in moving pictures can be seen in the video above. Keep in mind that the animations are triggered depending on the context. You must always hold L2 (LT) and pass the ball with X or Square (A or X). You cannot directly influence which animation will be triggered.
Other key combinations that you should know in FIFA 20 can be found here:
Such passes are probably not useful or sensible in all situations. But you can surely surprise the opponent or at least give your play style a personal touch.
What do you think of these stylish passes? When the demo for FIFA 20 is released, you can try them out directly. All information about it here:
Blizzard has fixed a bug in WoW Classic that gave many higher-level players an advantage while leveling. This makes the game feel “more like it used to.”
What was fixed? It’s about an incorrect calculation of experience points in raids, meaning groups of players of six or more. Those in a raid were previously receiving more experience than intended.
Actually, raid groups were supposed to have their received experience drastically reduced. Due to a bug, however, group members received significantly more XP and could defeat enemies much faster – after all, they were more.
Many players defeat enemies faster.
This allowed players to level unexpectedly quickly. However, that is no longer possible.
No “punishment” from Blizzard: The developers emphasize in the forum that this is not a punishment for players playing the game “incorrectly.” In 2005, in World of Warcraft, players actually received less experience in larger groups:
We want to note that this fix does not represent a change or balance adjustment.
In original WoW, there was an XP penalty in groups of 6 or more players. A temporary bug has eliminated this penalty and it is now fixed.
Community Manager Kaivax in the forum
Blizzard is therefore only fixing a bug that was exploited. WoW Classic is thus becoming “more like it used to be.” Some changes from the original version, such as trading loot, have been controversially discussed in advance.
This is how the exploit was used: In WoW Classic, instances do not have a limit of five players, allowing raids to visit low-level instances like the Scarlet Monastery.
Players exploited the bug to level quickly. They repeatedly visited these instances to benefit from the large group and high experience points. This was particularly useful for larger guilds and groups.
The PC version of Warframe has recently received a new update called “Saint of Altra”. The patch not only introduced the lightning-fast frame Gauss but also “Shawzin Hero”. The Shawzin string instruments, which previously served as decoration for one’s spaceship, can now be played.
Update brings playable guitar: The developers at Digital Extremes have released a new update for the PC version of Warframe. In addition to some new content, there is also a new feature for music enthusiasts.
You can now play the Shawzin. The string instrument was previously only used as a nice decoration for your Orbiter, but can now be played.
The Tenno have already shown in countless videos which hits can be played with this new feature. Classics like “Through the Fire and Flames” or “House of the Rising Sun” must not be missing, as well as “Despacito”, which you can listen to here on Reddit.
How does it work? The “mini-game” is started via a new emote, which is now available in the in-game shop as a bonus for the Shawzin decoration. Players who already own the decoration will receive this emote automatically.
Players can play different notes, change octaves, and even turn on a metronome. They can also record their own songs and share them with other Tenno. These will then play the tracks in Guitar Hero style.
However, playing songs exactly is not possible. Players noticed that there are two chords on the Shawzin that do not appear in any octaves: A#4 and G#4.
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What else did the update bring? In addition to the playable Shawzin the last update for Warframe mainly brought the new frame Gauss. He is so fast that players are concerned about how Gauss controls in the game and what impact he has in the open world.
In addition, there were also a number of new weapons and new disruption missions. Furthermore, players can now share their loadouts with others.
When the “Saint of Altra” update will be released for consoles is currently unknown.
Destiny 2 Shadowkeep is coming soon. Some fans are increasingly skeptical about the major autumn expansion. The biggest criticism for many is the so-called content recycling. However, in the eyes of our author Sven, this is not necessarily a bad thing, and there is still enough new content to look forward to.
What is Shadowkeep? Shadowkeep, or Fortress of Shadows, is the new major autumn expansion for Destiny 2, set to be released on October 1, 2019. The add-on is expected to usher in a new era for Destiny 2. It comes hand in hand with an update that overhauls some mechanics, such as the armor system, and introduces fresh elements like Finishing Moves as well as new content into the game.
What is the source of skepticism? Less than a month remains until the release. More and more details about Shadowkeep are becoming known – whether through official channels or through gameplay leaks from the PAX West fair, where Destiny 2 along with some new content could be played.
What makes many guardians increasingly skeptical: Many new contents coming with Shadowkeep and the update are not really new. Much of it is already known to the guardians from Destiny 1 or Destiny 2. A lot is being recycled, and this annoys the fans.
The real innovations and changes are said to be rather limited – this is currently the general sentiment of many guardians who express their frustration and anger about this situation on Reddit and other platforms. A popular thread on Reddit about this topic received over 6,600 upvotes in just about 15 hours.
What is being reused? The Reddit post vigorously debates content recycling, and guardians list numerous examples where Bungie is using old content. Here are some of them:
For example, 2 new PvP maps – both come from Destiny 1
Why I don’t think it’s bad: When looking at the examples, the fans are not wrong. That Shadowkeep indeed utilizes many existing or known resources cannot be denied. But is this really that bad? At least not for me.
Yes, the PvP maps are already known. But both Widow’s Court and the Duskfall were among the most popular maps in Destiny 1 for many players and should therefore be well-received in Destiny 2.
Yes, the planetary vendors keep their old gear, but it will be updated to new standards. And that’s exactly what many fans wanted.
How many times has the community asked Bungie to make all the Year 1 armors useful again? Because Destiny 2 has a lot of cool armor sets, most of which have become obsolete since they were not updated to the then-new system post Forsaken.
The Moon is also already familiar to many. But this location was very popular in Destiny 1 and remains one of my personal highlights to this day. Moreover, this location has been expanded and enhanced with new areas and activities. So as a veteran who has known the Moon since the beta, I am excited and can hardly wait to rediscover this location.
I am also grateful for any additional planets in Destiny 2. Even if Bungie were to bring back all planets in addition to the existing ones, I would not be unhappy. And I believe I am not alone in this.
I also don’t find the reskins of the raid armor as well as the reuse of some iconic bosses from Destiny 1 bad – on the contrary. I personally liked the Omega Mechanos sets, and what I have seen of the reskins so far seems coherent. The sets have been visually enhanced and are definitely a valuable addition to the loot pool in my view.
What’s new: But even if others see the recycling differently than I do – Shadowkeep and the accompanying update still provide plenty of new content to look forward to as a player.
The new armor system Armor 2.0, which takes the game further in the direction of RPG.
Nightmare Hunt, a new activity on the Moon
New story surrounding the Moon and Eris Morn
2 new strikes
Completely new areas on the Moon
New raid
The seasonal artifacts, which should provide additional gameplay depth with their mods
Elimination mode in PvP
New weapons, armors, and more
That’s why I’m looking forward to Shadowkeep: In short: Yes, recycling is debatable. Not everyone is a fan, and I can understand the displeasure of many guardians. For me, it always depends on how it is implemented and how old and new content relate to each other. And with Shadowkeep, I am quite optimistic about that so far.
And ultimately, I learned one thing in my guardian career: no matter how good or bad the content may seem beforehand – I will only pass my final judgment after I have played it thoroughly and made my own picture of it.
If all those “old” resources are coherently integrated and implemented with high quality, as well as being fun in combination with the new and additional content, I see no real reason to condemn Bungie for its first major work after separating from Activision.
What do you think? Are you tired of recycling? Or can you live with it if it’s well done? Are you looking forward to Shadowkeep?
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In the MMORPG Crowfall, a Pre-Alpha event is taking place again. In this event, you go hunting for the heads of fellow players to earn rewards.
What kind of event is this? The “Decap-a-Thon” in the MMORPG Crowfall makes it your task to hunt skulls until September 3rd.
To do this, you fight against fellow players in the game and try to behead them. This way, you will receive skulls. Collect them. The more skulls you have, the higher you climb in the rankings.
The head must roll!
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How do you get skulls? You have to engage in a duel with another player and use a specific skill:
You need the skill “Deathblow”, which you find in the Survival Tray.
You need to press and hold the “F” key.
It takes some time for your character to aim and then strike.
Your enemy then has time to release their Crow Soul. If that happens, there will be no skull.
You must therefore still be quick.
Furthermore, you need a Runestone (Spirit) Axe. Only with this can you behead an opponent and receive their skull as a trophy.
The Runestone (Spirit) Axe is essentially a regular axe that you also use for chopping down trees; you just need to craft it in the special “Spirit” version.
What do you do with the head? You must sacrifice your collected skulls at a brazen fire to the gods. Only the heads you have collected in the respective campaign world count.
Each sacrificed head adds a point to the faction you are fighting for.
In the MMORPG Crowfall, you must collect skulls during an event.
Rewards in Pre-Alpha Events
What rewards are there? The players of the faction that is victorious at the end of the event on September 3rd receive a Factional Skull. This gives you a stat bonus of +2% to Critical Hit and Critical Healing Chance.
How is the event received? The players of Crowfall like the idea of collecting skulls from defeated opponents. Nevertheless, the question remains why a Pre-Alpha needs such events, when the game is still quite far from a release.
Of course, fans take part in this event and the rewards, but Crowfall is still in a quite early development phase and is treated somewhat like a live game already due to the events.
In The Division 2 , an agent presents solutions on how to end the most annoying problem with the vendor reset. The suggestions are well received.
This is the problem: Weekly, agents get upset that they have to switch their clan during the vendor reset to get the best items.
Because the clan vendor brings different items depending on your clan level, and in recent weeks, it has frequently happened that low-level clans were offered the best items.
The fact that these low-level clan vendors also bring items with such high stats that you can’t find despite months of farming adds to the aversion against clan hopping. Because clan hopping becomes the most efficient method to specifically get good gear.
How can this problem be solved?
Here are possible solutions: The YouTuber NothingButSkillz presents three options for how to put an end to clan hopping. Especially the first option is well received by the agents.
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Solution 1 – A new tab for the inventories of lower clan levels
This is the proposal: In the inventory overview of the clan vendor, there are “Buy”, “Sell”, and “Buy Back” tabs at the top right. Here, Massive should add an additional tab that allows access to the inventories of other clan vendor levels.
This tab would only display the clan vendor inventories that are of a lower level than your own clan.
So it would be worth it to raise your clan level, as you would then have access to all offers and could quickly access them without having to awkwardly leave the clan.
Here could be an additional tab
Solution 2 – Everyone gets the same items
This is the proposal: To curb clan hopping, Massive could also simply standardize the clan vendor inventory for all levels. Regardless of level, the vendor would then offer the same items for everyone.
This would greatly limit the motivation to raise the clan level – but at the moment, you also don’t get better items if you have a high clan level. On the contrary.
Solution 3 – The higher the clan level, the more items
This is the proposal: The third solution approach is a mixture of proposal 1 and 2. Here, the clan vendors at all levels bring the same items, but the vendors of higher-level clans offer additional items.
In other words, a level 4 clan is offered 5 items. A level 10 clan is offered the same 5 items with the same stats, but also 3 additional items. And a level 30 clan has access to all items from the lower clan levels, but also to a few more.
In comparison to proposal 1, the additional tab would be omitted, but there would be less selection.
In the comments, many consider the first proposal to be the best. Because it would reward agents who reach a high clan level the most – and not punish them as before.
Whether Massive will implement any of these changes remains to be seen. In a few days, the ETF workshop begins, where developers will hear many suggestions for the future of The Division 2. Perhaps these will also be included.
In WoW Classic, pirates are taking the World First in leveling and boss kills. Both the first level 60 and the raid guild that first defeated the bosses Ragnaros and Onyxia gained their experiences on illegal private servers. This is unlikely to please Blizzard.
Here was the situation before the launch: Before the release of WoW Classic, it was believed that the “big World First” guilds like Method would take the race in WoW Classic:
This is how it has gone now: In fact, Twitch streamers and professional raid guilds play no role when it comes to the World Firsts.
Leading are players specialized in WoW Classic. They have been playing this version for a longer time. However, on servers that are a thorn in Blizzard’s side. They are “P-Servers”, private servers or pirate servers, which are operated under dubious circumstances without a license and run “older versions” of WoW:
It is said about the mage Jokerd, who was the first to reach level 60, that he had also gained the first 60s on the private servers Elysium and Light’s Hope. These are two of the largest WoW Vanilla servers overall.
The successful raid guild APES, which defeated Ragnaros and Onyxia, has also been playing together on private servers for years.
This is openly communicated – the players are proud of their achievements there.
Consistent dominance, 40 players at level. Image source: mmorpg.org
Players on official WoW servers often say: “Private servers don’t count” – who knows what special conditions apply there.
Over the years, the sentiment has built up that private server players want to show everyone when WoW Classic goes live and want to gain their recognition. That is exactly what has happened.
Classic server Nostalrius, shortly before the servers were turned off.
For Blizzard, this is a double-edged sword:
With the official servers, they now entice “private server players” to play an official WoW again.
But the fact that the pirates are now profiting so much has a strange aftertaste – after all, they have circumvented official WoW for years. They are known for being very critical of Blizzard and retail WoW.
For the private server people, it must be a satisfaction. They see themselves as a driving force in the creation of WoW Classic, which has pushed Blizzard to get going and move away from their “You think you want it, but you don’t want it” attitude.
In September, the new season of the Living World begins in Guild Wars 2. But are you ready for the Icebrood Saga? We want to test your knowledge about the Norn, the North, and the Old Dragons.
Thematically, it’s heading north and fighting the minions of the Old Dragon Jormag. There’s also a detour into the Charr homeland and into the story of the playable race. The new season kicks off on September 17 with a prologue.
Test your knowledge about the lore of Guild Wars 2
What is the quiz about? To check if you are ready for the Icebrood Saga, we have prepared a small quiz. You will be asked 15 lore questions about the Norn, Jormag, and his minions.
For each question, there are four answer options. A correct answer gives one point, an incorrect answer gives none. After answering a question, you immediately proceed to the next one.
Can you answer all 15 questions correctly and earn the title “God Among Mortals”? Or are you just a “Traveler” who rarely checks in on Guild Wars 2? Give it a try!
In Monster Hunter World, attentive players have discovered the announced change to sleeping monsters that comes with Iceborne.
What has changed? In the long patch notes for the Iceborne expansion, Capcom has hidden a change in the sleep behavior of injured monsters. During the last beta test for MHW: Iceborne on PS4, Reddit user dunsparcedilemma first encountered this and was able to observe it more closely.
He noticed that injured monsters still fled to their nests as before, but did not lay down to sleep directly in order to recover. Instead, they continued to fight until the last HP point.
The sleeping monster was surrounded by explosive barrels that were then detonated by a player.
This new behavior prevents the popular sleep trick from MHW, where players surrounded the sleeping monster with barrel bombs and then blew it up. This caused high damage and often delivered the finishing blow to the beast.
It will not be that easy now, as the beasts in Iceborne will not lay down to sleep when a hunter is nearby.
Can anything be done about it? The solution to the problem is quite simple. Instead of sticking to the injured monster and following it to its nest, you should wait outside until it falls asleep. However, waiting in front of the nest can still become problematic if there is very little time left on the quest timer.
In Iceborne, the monsters can no longer be easily fooled.
Alternatively, you can also use a Ghillie Mantle to sneak up on the monster unnoticed.
What is happening in MHW right now? Starting today, Xbox One players can also try out the new expansion of Monster Hunter World for the first time. The Xbox beta began at 9:00 AM and will end on September 4 at 8:59 AM.
Iceborne will be released on September 6. Here’s how you can prepare:
During the PAX West event, Zenimax surprised players of the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (PC, PS4, Xbox One). Soon, the first DLC Imperial City will be offered completely for free. The Imperial City is an important part of ESO.
What did Zenimax explain: Over the weekend, the gaming fair PAX West took place in Seattle. Zenimax, or Bethesda, was also present. It was announced that the first DLC of the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online will soon be available for free to all players.
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What does that mean? Once Zenimax offers the DLC ‘Imperial City’ for free, every ESO player can obtain it and keep it – forever.
When will the DLC be free? Still in September, the Imperial City Celebration Event will start. From that date, the DLC will be free. When the event begins and further details will be announced by Zenimax.
Traditionally, the Imperial City Celebration Event takes place in early/mid September.
What does the DLC offer? The first DLC for ESO takes you to the Imperial City in the heart of the province of Cyrodiil. This is a PvE/PvP zone that was intended to bring more life to Cyrodiil, to the borderlands:
Molag Bal, the Daedric Prince of Domination and Enslavement, has attacked the imperial capital with his generals of the Worm Cult
The Prison of the Imperial City is a group dungeon for 4 players where you encounter a dangerous boss enemy
Explore the labyrinth in the sewers beneath the imperial city
Try to reach the top of the White Gold Tower
You collect Tel’Var stones to buy Alliance gear and valuable items
What does the DLC cost so far? Imperial City is included in the ESO Plus membership, but you can currently also obtain it for 2,500 crowns in the Crown Store.
Free, but not everyone thinks it’s good
Why is the DLC being offered for free soon? The story of The Elder Scrolls Online does not end with the base game. It continues in DLCs and add-ons such as Elsweyr. However, these are paid.
By offering the first DLC for free, Zenimax not only allows fans to experience more of the story but also to discover how the DLCs play. This essentially opens the door for players to further adventures in The Elder Scrolls Online.
Those new to the MMORPG will soon get more for their money. This makes it naturally more attractive for newcomers to want to acquire the MMORPG.
With the recently launched WoW Classic, this is a good and important opportunity to again draw attention to ESO and increase the appeal of the online game.
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What do players think? Fans of ESO are currently a bit divided regarding the announcement. Those who have already purchased the DLC are asking for compensation and do not like the idea that something they have spent money on will soon be offered for free.
Others are very excited about it, as they now get more content for free and think it is a good idea for ESO to receive more free content.
There is even speculation that the other DLCs may eventually be offered for free as well, as they are all essentially part of the story and would create a “complete” experience of The Elder Scrolls Online.
The well-known German Fortnite streamer Marcel “Montanablack” Eris says he now has the most subscriptions on Twitch. Those are subscribers that bring in money monthly. This would mean he has surpassed the streamer Shroud. However, one can’t be too sure about the numbers.
This is what Montanablack says: The streamer tweeted yesterday that he is the number 1 in the world when it comes to subs. He claims to have 35,233 subscribers.
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How much money does Montanablack earn with the subs? That is not entirely clear. It depends on the deal he made with Twitch and what the exact “tiers” of the subs are.
A Tier-1 sub brings in $4.99 a month, of which the Twitch streamer receives at least 50%. Assuming the worst case where all subscribers are only Tier 1 and Montanablack has made only the minimum deal with Twitch, that would already be $88,000 a month – but there is likely much more money coming in each month.
In addition to subscriptions, a streamer also earns money through ad revenue, personal sponsorship deals, donations, and in the case of Fortnite through the “Creator Code”, which Montanablack used to share frequently in the past. He no longer uses this Creator Code, however.
Numbers of other Twitch streamers not really known
What is the catch? Although Montanablack says he has the most “subs” on Twitch, it’s not officially confirmed.
There are websites that keep track of how many subscriptions an individual streamer has – but these numbers are not bombproof: While follower and view counts are publicly accessible, the same does not apply to subs.
In the past, it was indeed noticeable that the numbers shared by streamers significantly differed from those of tracking sites. The tracker sites then update their figures based on the latest information from the streamers.
With videos like these, Montanablack also became known on YouTube.
According to one of these tracker sites (via twitchtracker), streamer Shroud was previously ranked 1 with over 30,000 subs. When he is addressed in his stream about Montanablack now having more subs, Shroud barely pays attention to it.
Shroud expects to have fewer subscribers due to WoW Classic.
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What does the number say? Despite all the doubts about whether this qualifies him as number one worldwide, 35,000 subs is a strong number – they show that Twitch, Fortnite, and Montanablack have achieved considerable relevance in Germany.
The honorable brother rises to No. 1 in German Twitch with Fortnite
What distinguishes Montanablack? The streamer Montanablack comes from the “Call of Duty” scene, then shot up further with Fortnite, just like many streamers in the English-speaking area, such as Tfue, Ninja, or Myth – or the French Gotaga.
In recent months, Montanablack has been found more frequently on Twitch in the “Slots” category for online gambling.
Montanablack has a unique speaking style. He uses phrases like “differently good” instead of “very good”, things happen on “kiss kiss kiss” basis and everything is somehow related to honor: people are taken honor, given honor, they are brothers of honor or honorable men.
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Is there a special offer coming for WoW Classic players? The Brazilian Facebook account of WoW posted that players who reach level 60 in Classic will receive the expansion Battle for Azeroth and a level 110 boost for a character. However, the post has since been deleted.
What kind of offer is this? The Brazilian Facebook account of World of Warcraft recently highlighted a special offer. Players who reach level 60 in WoW Classic would receive the latest retail expansion Battle for Azeroth and a booster that takes a character to level 110.
Why is this a good offer? Blizzard would hit two birds with one stone here: they can capitalize on the current popularity of Classic to fill the servers of the retail version with new players.
“A toast to 15 years of WoW. If you reach level 60 in WoW Classic, you will receive the expansion Battle for Azeroth and a level 110 boost.” Source: wowhead
What’s the catch? A few hours after the post went live on Facebook, it was deleted again. The players on WoW Reddit however, believe in the authenticity of the offer. They think it might be that the Facebook post accidentally went live too early and was therefore deleted.
Players see the whole operation as a clever move by Blizzard. Some people might keep their subscription just to grab Battle for Azeroth. Other players state that they would likely play both Classic and Retail. Especially because they could exchange gold for tokens and thus finance their subscription.
The first player reached level 60 in Classic last Friday:
Destiny 1 has some great features that Guardians sorely miss in Destiny 2 or that are worse in the sequel. The predecessor does this much better.
This is how Destiny 2 developed: When Destiny 2 was released in September 2017, it primarily disappointed the veteran Guardians after the story was completed. The endgame was dull and lacked long-term motivation. In addition, Destiny 1 was in a much better state in 2017, offering a ton of content, which is why many players soon missed their old Guardians.
Nonetheless, there are some aspects of the game that the predecessor, Destiny 1, addressed much better. And with Shadowkeep, nothing should change regarding these aspects yet. The idea for this article came from XHOUNDISHx, whose video we embed here:
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The regular strike playlist has meanwhile substantially declined. Guardians have long criticized that it is hardly worth playing the strikes.
By the way: Even the Nightfall-exclusive rewards were not available at the launch of Destiny 2. They had to be introduced later.
This is how Destiny 1 did it better: In Destiny 1, Guardians specifically hunted for strike-exclusive loot and could spend countless hours on it. Because for some weapons, one wanted a God Roll, which made the strikes along with their loot in Destiny 1 much more exciting and motivating. Among the most sought-after exclusive weapons were the Imago Loop from the “The Immortal Spirit” strike and the Grip of Malok from the Omnigul strike.
There were also some cool strike-exclusive armor pieces, such as Taniks’ cloak or Malok’s hood.
Malok’s Hood
In addition, a skeleton key system was introduced in Destiny 1, which allowed players to specifically obtain strike-specific loot. Those who had to play the Nokris Nightfall repeatedly in Destiny 2 to finally obtain the strike loot for the Wanderer title would have wished for such a system in Destiny 2 as well.
The vendors disappoint in Destiny 2
This is the situation in Destiny 2: Several vendors have been boring Guardians for quite some time.
The gunsmith Banshee-44 is no longer as exciting as he once was in Destiny 1, when he hosted the weapon day weekly and could bring in weapons with top rolls.
And the vendors in the various worlds desperately need fresh and larger inventories.
This is how Destiny 1 did it better: In Destiny 1, the vendors in the Tower had much larger loot pools, with items rotating weekly. It was exciting to check the vendors each week and see if there was a Palindrom with God Roll among them.
Furthermore, Banshee-44’s weapon day provided a bit of variety, and the factions offered exotic exclusive items if one served them for a while. The ability to make progress with certain vendors over a long period to earn their loot is currently completely absent in Destiny 2.
Only standing around dumbly in Destiny 2 – the factions
PvP needs more love
This is the situation in Destiny 2: The PvP in Destiny 2 has been criticized since launch. Since every mode was played in 4v4, no level advantages were activated, and especially the Trials were a huge disappointment, everything in the Crucible felt like a boring uniform mass.
Over the years, there have been new content in PvP, but not much has happened since Forsaken. New maps, new modes, and more variety are desperately needed. With Shadowkeep, two “new” maps are being added, but these are just old maps from Destiny 1. More love for the PvP, Bungie!
This is how Destiny 1 did it better: In short – Trials! This mode is painfully missed in Destiny 2, as it provided a new challenge for the PvP pros and for everyone who wanted to mercilessly fail in Trials weekly in Destiny 1.
The special thing about the Trials in Destiny 1 was also that they told a small story of their own. It was not just about getting the cool Trials gear but also about reaching the mysterious lighthouse. The Trials had something mysterious and captivating about them.
Guardians want cool armor
This is the situation in Destiny 2: In Destiny 2, there is a lack of armor pieces with crazy, visual features. These were highly sought after in Destiny 1. This is likely one reason why so many players recently wanted to obtain the Solstice armor, as it can be equipped with an armor glow.
This is how Destiny 1 did it better: Many Guardians found numerous armor pieces from Destiny 1 to be more creative, cooler, and better suited for a Guardian than some of the gear from Destiny 2. Additionally, Destiny 1 also brought many armor pieces with impressive visual effects towards the end, like the raid armor or Trials gear:
Especially the armor from high-end activities in Destiny 1 visually destroys almost everything one knows from Destiny 2.
What do you miss in Destiny 2 that Destiny 1 did significantly better?
The field research for September 2019 in Pokémon GO is here. We show you what tasks, shinies, and rewards await you.
What’s new? On the evening of September 1, the tasks of the field research in Pokémon GO changed. Trainers have since gathered new research and their rewards.
We show you here in the overview what new tasks are available and with which Pokémon encounters and possible shinies you will be rewarded.
New Field Research – Quests – in September 2019
These findings come from the community at TheSilhproad. Throughout the day, these quests will be updated again.
Throws
Land 5 great curveball throws in a row – Encounter with Pandir #3*
Land 3 great throws – Encounter with Haspiror*, Nebulak*, Anorith* or Liliep
Land 3 great throws in a row – Encounter with Onix*
Land 5 good throws – Encounter with Voltobal
Land 3 fantastic throws in a row – Encounter with Larvitar*
The Pandir forms – From 1 (top left) to 8 (bottom right)
Catching
Catch 5 fairy-type Pokémon – Encounter with Marill
Catch 3 different species of psychic Pokémon – Encounter with Traumato*
Catch 3 fire, water or electric Pokémon – Encounter with Dodu
Use 5 Himmihbeeren to catch Pokémon – Encounter with Quiekel*
Use 5 berries to catch Pokémon – Encounter with Schneppke*
Catch 5 normal-type Pokémon – Encounter with Zigzachs*
Catch 4 ice or grass-type Pokémon – Encounter with Jurob*
Use 10 Nanab berries when catching Pokémon – Encounter with Sichlor*
Catch 15 Pokémon – Encounter with Sandan*
Catch 10 Pokémon – Encounter with Karpador*
Catch 5 Pokémon with weather boost – Encounter with Quapsel* or Vulpix
Catch 1 dragon-type Pokémon – Encounter with Dratini*
Catch 3 dark-type Pokémon – Encounter with Fiffyen*
Developing
Develop 1 Pokémon – Encounter with Tragosso*
For this quest, there was initially a chance to encounter an Evoli with a flower crown during the new field research. However, reports about it have decreased. It is assumed that Niantic took this reward back because these special Evoli are now available as research breakthroughs.
Trainer Battles
Fight 2 times against another trainer – Encounter with Frizelbliz* (new shiny!)
Frizelbliz and its evolution Voltenso – Normal (left) and as shiny (right) – Source: Reddit
Fight 2 times against a team leader – Encounter with Natu*
In Destiny 2, a new Warlock Exotic from Shadowkeep has been discovered – and many Guardians are currently mocking it.
What is this Exotic? Currently, the gaming convention PAX West is taking place in Seattle, where Bungie has some booths. Curious Guardians can try out fresh content from the Fall expansion Shadowkeep and Season 8.
A clever Guardian discovered a new Warlock Exotic there, took a photo of it, and posted it on reddit.
It is an exotic chest piece for the Warlock
The name is “Stormdancer’s Brace”
It is an Exotic tailored for Stormcallers
It is expected to come into play with the Shadowkeep expansion
This is what it looks like:
Exotic has space for some cans of beer
Guardians are mocking this: This Exotic is currently causing quite a stir on reddit – mainly because of its appearance.
“It looks like he’s using a six-pack of Bud Light as armor,” jokes one Guardian. Another adds: “I always wanted a Warlock with a belt that has space for his Bud Light cans.”
This Exotic has the Warlock strapped with some energy rods that look like beer cans. Since Bud Light beer is sold in blue cans, many players are laughing about the fact that the Warlock probably enjoys drinking Bud Light.
Some Guardians are already hoping for an emote where the Warlock takes a can from his armor and takes a few sips.
If you’re preparing for a fun gaming night in Shadowkeep, you can soon dress your Guardian accordingly. And generally, the armor doesn’t look so bad, several users agree.
“A chest piece that can carry a whole six-pack of Bud Lights? Nice!” summarizes one Guardian all the jokes.
This ensures that the Warlock won’t go into the upcoming challenges thirsty. Even if it gives the impression of having a slight alcohol problem…
This is the exotic perk: Every enemy you defeat with the Stormtrance super increases the damage you deal with Stormtrance.
Guardians are currently unsure how useful this will be. It probably depends heavily on how significant the damage increase will be.
Currently, the Crown of Storms is a good Exotic for Stormcallers that extends the duration of the super on kills. It likely depends on the situation whether more damage or a longer duration of the Stormtrance super is better.
Several Guardians agree that the damage boost must be considerable if this Exotic is to be useful in practice.
What do you think of this Exotic – and its appearance?
Shortly before the release, more and more information about Borderlands 3 is being revealed. Now the developers have revealed what players can expect from the cosmetics in the game.
Where does the information come from? In a Q&A session by IGN with some fans, the art director of Borderlands 3, Scott Kester, spoke about cosmetic items in the latest series installment.
What did the fans want to know? Kester was asked among other things, how far Gearbox would go with the customization options in Borderlands 3. Fans were also interested in whether there would be skins that change the entire look of the character and not just specific parts of the Vault Hunter.
This is what was said in response: In response, the art director said: “Right from the start of the customization discussions for Borderlands 3, I wanted to push the aesthetics further and more dramatically than we have ever done before. It was important to get crazier in terms of heads and skins (of the characters) to cover the entire spectrum between cool and really insane. In my feeling, we have succeeded in that.”
Then Kester continued: “We have crazy heads, animated skins, and even the ability to change the colors of any skin in the game. That said – I love the idea of unique full-body skins. But it makes more sense to implement an idea like that with something that is coming in the future. A good idea!”
As it looks, there will not be skins that change the entire character model for now – at least not at the release of Borderlands 3 on September 13. However, for the future, Gearbox apparently does not rule out such a feature.
Perhaps this feature will come in one of 4 planned major DLCs. Otherwise, it sounds like they will generally build on the cosmetic model of Borderlands 2 with various interchangeable character heads and skins, enriching it with new possibilities. Fans can apparently look forward to all sorts of crazy and insane cosmetics.
Also interesting: In recent days there have been a lot of fresh information about Borderlands 3 – including endgame elements as well as the content roadmap after the launch in 2019. You can find more about it here:
A new leak about the next addon of World of Warcraft is causing a stir. It could be that all our characters will have to die.
Slowly but surely, the expansion “Battle for Azeroth” is approaching its end. Although there is still the smaller Patch 8.2.5, which is currently on the PTR, Patch 8.3 will likely already be the finale of the expansion. A few weeks ago, we had discussed a potential leak regarding the expansion “Shadowlands”. Now there is further information building on that.
And it looks bleak: Almost all characters will die.
What was leaked? A new screenshot was published on 4chan showing the harbor of Stormwind with a ghostly fleet. The fleet bears the banner of the Forsaken. There was a lot of information about how the final battle of Battle for Azeroth would unfold and what the following expansion is about.
This is the Battle of Stormwind: The leak states that the last raid is “The Battle of Stormwind”. Sylvanas feigned an attack on Thunder Bluff to take revenge on Baine. In reality, however, she launched an attack on Stormwind and nearly took the city completely.
In the raid, Horde and Alliance now (temporarily) join forces to attack Sylvanas. The first boss fight is supposedly an Azerite machine that must be escorted from Goldshire to break open the city gates.
Afterwards, one fights their way through the city, alongside the great leaders of Alliance and Horde, leading up to the final battle at the harbor of Stormwind. The penultimate fight is said to take place against Nathanos, who “is decapitated by Tyrande” at the end.
All heroes die: The finale is divided into two parts, starting with a fight against Sylvanas. After a while, supposedly Bolvar (the current Lich King) appears and begins to kill leaders of the Horde. For example, Lor’themar dies. Bolvar then joins the Alliance (where his daughter Taelia also fights). Sylvanas then targets Genn Greymane, whom she shoots.
Then comes an “intermission”, a small phase with lots of dialogue. The events will cause the remaining leaders of the Horde to side with Sylvanas again.
The final battle is the fight of all leaders of the Horde against all leaders of the Alliance.
This also means that there are two versions of this boss fight. Alliance players must defeat Sylvanas, while Horde players must defeat Anduin.
Once one side is victorious, there is a cinematic. Anduin kills Sylvanas (or Sylvanas kills Anduin, depending on the faction played), but then succumbs to his own wounds. All characters, all heroes are dead, and silence falls over the harbor of Stormwind.
The heroes then awaken in the Shadowlands, the realm of the dead. There, a fleet of Helya’s ships and Sylvanas awaits, who explains that they are now “strong enough”.
Gnomes and Goblins find a solution: In the events “before the release” of the addon, the gnomes and goblins collaborate to find a way to communicate with the Shadowlands. This lays the groundwork for the new tinkerer class. This collaboration creates an item that allows players to switch between the Shadowlands and the real world – this is essentially the “Hearthstone” of patch 9.0.
The leaked map of the Shadowlands.
How likely is the leak? It’s hard to say whether the story is true. However, it is true that Stormwind has long been the “big target” of Sylvanas. This has not only been mentioned in the game but also in the pre-history of BfA, the book “Before the Storm”. That Sylvanas has something planned for Stormwind is therefore very likely. Whether it will actually be as drastic as this supposed leak suggests remains to be seen.
Please keep in mind that this “leak” contains unconfirmed information. It is entirely possible that this is just a fake. But sometimes the theories spun in anticipation are indeed more exciting than the truth – right?
What do you think of this “leak”? Do you believe there is some truth to it? Or is it all just made up?
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In September 2019, Planetside Arena (first PC, later PS4, Xbox One) enters Early Access on Steam. The release date is September 19. We look at 3 ideas on how the new title from Daybreak aims to differentiate itself from the two battle royale giants, Fortnite and Apex Legends.
Planetside Arena comes for PC – later PS4, Xbox One
For which platforms does Planetside Arena come? Initially, Planetside Arena is only playable on PC via Steam. A launch on PS4 and Xbox One is planned for the second quarter of 2020. Then the PC version is also expected to have its full launch.
What will the game cost? $20 at release on Steam – but there is also a $50 edition.
An initial roadmap shows players what to expect.
Special Features: Classes, Weapons, Size, Vehicle
How does Planetside Arena plan to stand out from the competition? The developers are quite confident. In an interview with PCGamesN, producer Andy Sites states that many games took an existing game and applied a “battle royale rule set” over it – which doesn’t quite work. It seems Sites is hinting at Fortnite.
They have planned three major ideas:
Players choose a class and start a match with two weapons of their choice that they can upgrade later. This is called a “loadout system.” This aims to prevent players from having the tedious phase of frantically searching for a weapon.
Additionally, players receive a personal vehicle that allows them to move quickly and stay close to the action.
Planetside Arena also aims to score points with the map size of 64 square kilometers and the sheer number of players – as Planetside has always been known for its enormous scale.
Planetside Arena states that players should focus on the action rather than the tedious work of finding a weapon or getting around the map.
