In Season X of Fortnite, the map is supposed to change continuously. YouTubers believe that Salty Springs could be next. Their theory is quite plausible.
What is this theory? It refers to the trailer for Season X, as you can already see the new Salty Springs there. It is not a leak, but a theory that could indeed make sense.
However, one must also be somewhat skeptical, as nothing has been found in the game yet, and the developers have not said anything about it either.
This theory has YouTubers at Salty Springs
This was discovered: The theory refers to a very short clip in the trailer for Season 10. A mech lands on the map, and you can see part of the map around it.
If you overlay this clip onto the map of Season 10, it fits perfectly between Tilted Town and Salty Springs. The only problem is that Salty Springs is no longer recognizable. You only see a body of water there:
Here the trailer is overlaid on the map. Where Salty Springs should be, you see a body of water. Source: HeyStani
What is suspected? The YouTubers now believe that this is a hidden hint at the change at Salty Springs. Epic is already showing the new Salty Springs.
YouTuber “StanPlay” presents his theory in this video:
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Could the theory be true? There are definitely many indications suggesting that Salty Springs could be affected:
Salty Springs can be translated as “Salty Spring.” It would thus fit a region with waters.
Season X is currently all about time travel. The new Salty Springs could therefore be a place from the past where there actually was a salty spring.
Epic promised in the trailer that the map could change regularly.
Salty Springs has been there since the start of the game and could finally get a long-desired overhaul.
In the trailer, Epic already showed clips from Tilted Town before it was in the game. The same could have happened here with Salty Springs.
Nevertheless, one must also temper the arguments a bit. Dataminers have not found anything on this yet. So, nothing may happen, or Salty Springs may not change for a few weeks.
Tilted Town was only recently added to the game.
In addition, there was a major map change with Tilted Town just recently. It remains to be seen if Epic will actually change the next location soon.
What do you think about the theory? Could Salty Springs actually change soon?
In Apex Legends there are various landing zones, but not all are equally popular with all player types. One player took the effort and analyzed thousands of rounds with a tracker. The result was the most popular landing zones in Apex Legends.
What are the most popular landing zones in Apex Legends? By analyzing tracker data from over 100,000 matches, a Reddit user named ZYy9oQ has now provided a clear overview of the most popular landing spots in Apex Legends.
Therefore, he can make informed statements about the most popular landing spots, separated by rank. The following maps show where which players land the most.
Here is where the action happens: According to the collected data, especially Skulltown and Market are universally popular. Wetlands and Containment compete for 3rd place. The popularity of Skulltown among beginners in ranked and pros in the last division is particularly interesting.
The place always offers good loot and is not too far from the center of the map. The same goes for Market, which is even a bit closer to the center. So if you land there, you will surely find many opponents and should brace yourself for tough battles.
At these landing spots, you have your peace
Here, hardly anyone lands: The data from ZYy9oQ also shows where players land the least. The eastern part of the map is rather poorly attended. Particularly sparse are the locations Swamp and Relay.
Only in the two top-ranked divisions Diamond and Apex Predator does Swamps suddenly become very popular. But in the other fringe divisions, you are likely to find very little competition there. The reason is probably the great distance to the center and the rather unimpressive loot there.
Nevertheless, it might be more sensible to land exactly there and equip yourself with average loot in peace than to fight with dozens of other players in Skulltown for the top loot.
Tracker provides data for landing zone map
How were the data actually gathered? ZYy9oQ used a tracker program for his analysis and created a kind of heat map showing where the hottest drop zones are. Over 120,000 games of Apex Legends were analyzed for this.
On the night, patch 9.15b appeared in Teamfight Tactics. It brought minor balance changes, mainly affecting the items.
What is the biggest change? The item Runaan’s Hurricane received a significant buff. A champion with this item attacks a second target automatically with each attack.
The damage to the second target was previously only 25% of the actual attack. This value has now been tripled to 75%.
There is a special interaction with multiple versions of Runaan’s Hurricane. The second item also copies the attack of the first. Thus, with two items, you directly attack four targets, and with three items, even eight.
Guardian Angel gets the desired nerf
What items have been strengthened? In addition to Runaan’s Hurricane, there are also other items that received a buff:
Guinsoo’s Rageblade – The attack speed per stack has been increased from 4% to 5%.
Phantom Dancer – The holder can now dodge critical ability hits. This change particularly affects the champion Akali, who landed critical hits with her ability.
Sword of the Divine – The activation chance has been increased from 5% to 7%.
What items have been weakened? In the current meta, particularly the Guardian Angel and Morellonomicon are very popular. Both received a small nerf with this patch:
Guardian Angel – The life after resurrection has been reduced from 1,000 to 800.
Morellonomicon – The burn damage has been reduced from 25% to 20%.
The end of assassins?
Which champions have been buffed by the patch? Spellcasters are already very popular in their current form. Nevertheless, Veigar can still look forward to a buff:
Elise – Her attack damage has been increased from 40 to 45. The attack damage of the spiders has also been increased from 40 to 50.
Veigar – The ability damage has been increased from 300/500/700 to 300/550/800.
Changes to Twisted Fate? The official patch notes mention changes to Twisted Fate, but these are not yet in the game. They have accidentally slipped into the list, as Game Designer Mortdog mentioned on Twitter.
We have to wait another week for the release of patch 9.16. This is expected to bring four new champions:
Many players enjoy having a single game that they can play for years, one that evolves and allows them to dive deeper into it. MeinMMO presents five titles into which you can sink a lot of time if you want.
What kind of games are these? The games we present here come from different genres. However, they all share two things in common:
They are games where you can play together with many players.
They all offer the opportunity to invest a lot of time and continuously improve.
How was the selection made? Our five selected games are an unordered list, chosen based on the size of the player base, search interest, and personal assessments based on observations on MeinMMO. You will find some alternatives under each game.
August 14, 2018 (Battle for Azeroth), February 11, 2004 (Classic)
Payment Model
Subscription with shop for cosmetics and boosters
What is World of Warcraft? World of Warcraft is currently the largest and likely the most well-known MMORPG in the world. In World of Warcraft, abbreviated as WoW, you dive into the world of the popular strategy game classic Warcraft and explore the world of Azeroth.
WoW has maintained itself for over 15 years and has offered seven expansions since Battle for Azeroth, each time expanding the game world, introducing new races or classes, and continuing the story.
Here are the key features:
Two factions, Horde and Alliance, that are in eternal conflict with each other and against foreign powers
13 playable races with eight “allied races” and 12 classes
Arenas, battlegrounds, and open PvP
Quests, dungeons, and raids for player groups in PvE
Guilds and a group search tool for easier connections
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The long-term motivation of WoW: World of Warcraft offers many activities that can keep players engaged even after reaching the maximum level.
Raids as a king’s discipline in PvE offer tough challenges that players can spend weeks trying to overcome. PvP arenas provide the opportunity to compete with others and climb rankings.
If you prefer a quieter experience, you can spend time with pet battles, chase achievements by farming reputation, or explore every corner of the world or engage in hours of role-playing with other players. Additionally, up to 50 character slots are available to try out and level new classes or characters.
WoW continuously supplies players with new content. Recently, Patch 8.2 brought a new area and a new raid.
WoW is worth it for you if…
you are looking for an MMORPG that tells a story you can immerse yourself in.
you are into fantasy.
you prefer a tab-targeting system over action combat.
you want to play a game with millions of other players.
With this chest map, you will find all hidden chests in the ELZ of Destiny 2.
What do I need the map for? The ELZ is a new activity introduced with the Summer Event in Destiny 2. In it, you get to defeat mini-bosses, then take down a boss and look for chests with rewards.
However, these chests are quite well hidden in the ELZ, which is why many guardians run around aimlessly during the chest phase, hoping to stumble upon a chest.
This is the chest map: The locations of the chests have now been compiled and clearly displayed on a map on reddit. We embed the map here:
No more wandering around
Here’s how to read the map: At the bottom center is the spawn area from where you enter the ELZ. Use this as a reference point. Chests are marked on the map with red symbols:
The diamond symbol means that the chest is on the ground
The triangle symbol means that the chest is not on the ground but located somewhere higher, such as on a roof or in a higher floor.
What’s the deal with the chests? Depending on how many mini-bosses you defeat in an ELZ match, a certain number of chests will spawn after the boss phase. The locations are only shown for a short period. You need to remember in which directions you can run for the chests and then search in those areas.
With the map above, searching for you should be significantly easier now. The reddit post has already received around 4,000 upvotes. People are thankful for the work put into this map and are glad they don’t have to wander around anymore.
What’s inside the chests? When you open the chests, you will receive Solstice packages and key fragments that you can use to open the packages. These mainly contain materials and blue items. However, you can find out why you should hoard the Solstice packages for now here:
In FIFA 20, there are the first reactions to the career mode changes. Many fans are satisfied, while others express criticism. One change is especially well received.
This is what it’s about: Yesterday, on August 7th, EA Sports unveiled the most important innovations in the career mode of FIFA 20. These include a
For many players, the career mode represents the most important mode in FIFA, which is why they were eagerly awaiting the new information about the FIFA 20 career. These should decisively influence their purchasing decisions. And after the career information took a long time to arrive, with expectations rising in the meantime, many fans reacted with: “What, is that all?”
“So much money for a new UI color”
This is what is criticized about the career changes: On reddit and in the comment sections on social media, thousands of players have already expressed their first opinions. The biggest criticism is that fans expected more. The scope of the innovations seems rather limited so far.
“To be honest, the career mode needs a complete overhaul. Hundreds of changes are necessary. I think it could be something fantastic, but…”, writes one user, referring to the fact that EA Sports has invested almost all resources into FUT for years while the career mode has been neglected.
On reddit, one user criticizes that EA Sports demands full price for a game that has only repainted the user interface color in career mode. He points to this image that EA Sports showed:
Other users agree: “Yes, the innovations are so disappointing” or “These features are unnecessary.”
Many fans also list innovations they would have preferred, such as an online career mode or finally realistic work with sponsors. We have summarized many career wishes here.
Some comments criticizing the new manager customization for allowing the selection of a woman for the first time were quite ugly. Corey Andress, the Community Global Franchise Lead, commented on Twitter about this. Some comments are “quite disgusting,” he writes, adding that these will be immediately blocked.
In FIFA 20, you can be a female manager
And one user jibes that he can hardly wait to play with Piemonte Calcio in career mode. This is a reference to the fact that Konami secured exclusive rights to Juventus Turin, forcing EA Sports to rename the club to FIFA 20 in Piemonte Calcio.
In the comments under our article about the career changes, there are also critical remarks:
Koro. writes that unfortunately, nothing groundbreaking is included again and that they didn’t listen to the community.
Vorstopper also writes that there is so much more possible.
And Chiefryddmz jokes: “I’m slowly realizing why they held these innovations back for so long.”
However, alongside this criticism, there is also a lot of praise. On reddit, the top comments are even mostly positive. Especially one change is well received.
“The dynamic potential will make the career unique”
This change is celebrated: The dynamic potential is particularly well received. It means: The better a talent plays on the pitch, the higher its potential can grow. However, if the talent plays poorly or does not get match practice, the potential decreases. This way, you can achieve a higher potential and therefore a higher overall rating for your talents through good performances.
Fans are excited that this innovation can make the career unique. Because now, you don’t have to choose the usual talents with the highest potential that everyone else takes, but you can develop your own star players.
Some users write that this is the only interesting innovation. The manager customization might be interesting for 10 minutes, and the new press conferences will likely become rather boring and repetitive over time, they speculate.
In contrast, with the dynamic potential, you have a feature with which you can consistently bring new talents into the limelight, which is definitely a good innovation.
It’s not that bad – is it?
Additionally, some players emphasize that EA Sports has definitely listened to the community with these features. Manager customizations and a comprehensive morale system were high on many wish lists. And just because many wishes did not come true, one should not belittle these innovations.
Finally, some joke that one must be satisfied that there are at least notable innovations in the career mode. This was not a given in the last few FIFA years.
In the MeinMMO comments, there are also positive voices:
Psycheater writes: “Yes, cool, it sounds really good with the improvements.”
And Manuel6584 believes that it is fundamentally an interesting expansion. But he hopes that this isn’t all.
If you now want to search for top talents whose potential you can then boost, you can find them here:
PS4 players of Borderlands 3 are facing a small dilemma. Do they want fancy graphics or a high frame rate?
There are only a few weeks left until the fans of the planet Pandora can finally dive into the new Borderlands 3. In the lead-up, more and more details about the game are being released, including some graphics settings and adjustments that players can make. This mainly concerns players on the PlayStation 4 Pro, as they have to make a difficult choice.
This selection will be available: In a conversation with the PlayStation Blog, Gearbox explained that there is a choice for players on the more powerful PS4 Pro, namely the choice between two different graphics settings:
Best possible resolution (Favor Resolution)
Best possible performance (Favor Performance)
This changes the representation of Borderlands 3 on the PS4 Pro drastically.
This is what “Favor Resolution” does: In this mode, Borderlands always tries to achieve the best possible resolution at the expense of performance. Positively, this means that the resolution can go up to 4K, allowing for sharp images. Negatively, it means that the frame rate is limited to a maximum of 30 frames per second.
Lilith, playable class in Borderlands 1
This is what “Favor Performance” does: Those who opt for the best possible performance will experience a frame rate of up to 60 frames per second, resulting in a much smoother gameplay experience. However, this comes at the expense of resolution, which is then somewhat reduced. Graphical effects may not be as impressively sharp, but the chance of stuttering is low, even when a lot of action is on the screen.
Such graphics settings are rather unusual on consoles – normally, they are only found on PCs.
Whether such settings will also be available for the Xbox One X is not yet known, but it seems possible.
Do you think it’s good that developers offer such settings and options? Or is this kind of “nonsense” that one does not want to deal with exactly the reason why one buys a console at all?
In September, the Community Day of Pokémon GO revolves around Chelast. We will tell you everything about the Shinies, bonuses, and start times.
In September, we can expect the first Pokémon from the 4th generation at a Community Day. The plant starter Chelast will be coming.
Additionally, there will again be bonuses to round out the Community Day. Here, we provide you with an overview.
Community Day in September – Bonuses and Date
When is the Community Event? For this Community Day, we will have to be patient. Only on September 15th, a Sunday, it will take place.
Niantic is returning to the old times and will run the event from 11 AM to 2 PM. The Community Day will no longer extend into the evening hours.
These bonuses will be available at the Community Day
What bonuses are available? Many players will be pleased, as this time there will be more Stardust again, after there was surprisingly a different bonus in August. You can find all the bonuses here:
Triple Stardust when catching Pokémon
Lure modules last for 3 hours
More Chelast will appear in the wild
An exclusive move (presumably for Chelterrar) will be announced later
Will there be a Shiny Chelast? As on every Community Day, there will also be the shiny form of the event Pokémon here. Chelast is turquoise instead of green. You can easily recognize it.
This is what the shiny family looks like
What are the chances of getting a Shiny? This chance is significantly increased. So during the event it will be about 1 in 25. In comparison, the normal shiny chance for Pokémon in the wild is 1 in 450.
Many fans currently wish for a Pokémon Center. Do you as well?
The best ARAM Champions in S9 in League of Legends can be found here. Good ARAM Champs and the best were officially shared by Riot Games.
What is ARAM? ARAM is the name of a game mode in League of Legends. All Random, All Mid. In this mode, there are 2 bases and 4 towers on each side, and each team has one inhibitor and one nexus. The two teams meet on only one lane, with champions selected randomly.
What are good ARAM Champs? The developers at Riot Games have now announced which champions have the highest win rate in the Howling Abyss in Patch 9.15. These are the champions that win the most games in ARAM.
Where do the data come from? RiotMort is the Principal Game Designer at Riot Games. He shared the collected data on Twitter.
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The best ARAM Champs in 2019 – Patch 9.15 Tier List
Top 3: The 3 best champions in Patch 9.15 are ARAM Swain, Maokai, and Janna.
What makes the champions so good in this game mode?
Swain has a win rate of 59.6% and fits very well into the game mode with his ability kit. He has options to poke. With his E ability “Nevermore”, he can target enemies. His ultimate “Demonic Wings” is particularly effective when many enemies are nearby. Since ARAM takes place all on one lane, this ability works perfectly with the mode.
Maokai has a win rate of 56.2%. This can mainly be explained by the fact that the champion has a lot of CC. With his ultimate “Cocoon”, he summons a wall of brush that blocks the entire lane. This makes him a teamfight monster.
Janna has a win rate of 55.7%. Her kit fits perfectly with the ARAM mode, as her whirlwinds can annoy enemies. But more importantly, her ultimate “Monsoon” is an AOE heal that can heal the entire team. This is especially important in ARAM, where players cannot teleport to base to heal.
The Top 10 best ARAM Champions in Patch 9.15
We take a look at the 10 champions with the highest win rates in the mentioned patch.
Champion
Win-Rate
Swain
59.6%
Maokai
56.2%
Janna
55.7%
Teemo
55.3%
Sona
55.1%
Trundle
55.1%
Ashe
55.0%
Garen
54.9%
Lux
54.9%
Ziggs
54.5%
Riot regularly publishes the win rates for the ARAM game mode. This makes it easy to determine which champions are easier to win with. At least in theory. Because a good portion of skill is also part of it.
If you want to complete the last levels of World of Warcraft in turbo mode, you should hurry up. For a few days, leveling is going really fast.
While many players see leveling as fun content in World of Warcraft, there are also a lot of players for whom it is just a necessary chore and who do not enjoy it. These players are looking for the perfect opportunity to get through the leveling areas as quickly as possible and dive into the endgame. Thanks to Timewalking, leveling is currently as fast as it has rarely been before.
This is how it works: Currently, the Timewalking: Cataclysm event is happening, until Tuesday, August 13. These dungeons give quite a lot of experience. If you wear a complete set of heirloom items, a dungeon gives between 50% and 75% of a level. Depending on which dungeons you get, you’ll need between 15 and 20 dungeons. With a good group, this can easily be done in 6 hours; experienced players can probably do it even faster.
Here are some tips for Timewalking: In Timewalking, your character’s level is artificially scaled down, so you deal less damage. However, you receive full experience for your actual level and can also utilize a few mechanics:
You can wear and use legendary items from Legion. They are activated when you are scaled down.
You can wear legacy gear that does not go up to level 120. Since you are at level 85 in the dungeon, it is perfectly fine if the level gear scales up to level 90.
Old set bonuses (such as from Legion) are also active again in the dungeons.
Here’s how to squeeze out even more percentages: If you want to speed things up even more, in addition to the heirlooms, you can rely on additional buffs.
For a few more days, there’s the “Yay!” buff from the Darkmoon Faire, which grants 10% extra XP.
This adds on top of the leveling potion available for warfront tokens (5 tokens for 1 hour of potion) and provides another 10%.
If that still isn’t enough, you should complete an incursion from Horde or Alliance in Kul Tiras or Zandalar. That gives another 10%.
With all these buffs, the time can be pushed down to just under 5 hours if you have a capable group.
Now is therefore the perfect time to level up a few twinks to max level.
Are you diligently leveling your twinks? Or are all your characters already at level 120?
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On Twitter in the USA today, on August 7th, the hashtag BoycottBorderlands3 trended for four hours. Players are angry at the studio Gearbox and the publisher Take-Two behind Borderlands 3 for taking action against a YouTuber. But that seems to be just the tip of the iceberg.
What a trend it was? From our perspective this afternoon, on August 7th, the hashtag #BoycottBorderlands3 trended for several hours on Twitter. It didn’t quite make it to the top of Twitter trends, but stayed around places 4 to 7 for 4 hours.
With the trend, people are calling for not buying Borderlands 3.
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This happened during a stream on a developer channel that appears to be intended for testing.
Some had speculated it could have been a PR stunt, but it appears to have been a test stream that Gearbox wanted to keep secret. However, it was discovered.
He has a whole bunch of reasons to find Gearbox silly.
The YouTuber SupMatto, who creates a lot of content for Borderlands and maintains about 138,000 subscribers on YouTube, created thumbnails from this stream.
As a result, Take-Two allegedly issued 7 copyright strikes against SupMatto’s channel and even sent two private detectives to his home. The YouTuber made this known.
The detectives wanted to know from him how he discovered the test channel. From SupMatto’s perspective, it was already well known among hardcore fans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRR-C1OCIWM
When these actions against the YouTuber became known, anger formed against Borderlands 3. This is no way to treat a fan and content creator. Other YouTubers said: If a company treated me like this, I would never touch another game from them – no matter how much I like them.
This impulse led to the call for a boycott.
Crossfire around Borderlands 3 that has nothing to do with the game
Why did the hashtag trend? The incident involving SupMatto is not the only thing bothering people about Borderlands 3 right now. However, the issues have nothing to do with the game or any design decisions, but with everything surrounding it:
Additionally, the CEO of Gearbox, Randy Pitchford, is a controversial figure and has been involved in trouble several times. He is said to have given the voice of Claptrap a wet slap.
Others responded to the hashtag and said it was nonsense, people would still buy Borderlands 3 even if they called for a boycott
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He argues that boycott calls are pointless. People may call for a boycott but still buy it themselves.
Apparently, all of this contributed to the hashtag gaining traction for a few hours today. Whether the anger really affects the sales numbers of Borderlands 3 remains to be seen.
Loot boxes are to become more transparent. This has recently been decided by the three major console manufacturers Microsoft (Xbox One), Sony (PlayStation 4), and Nintendo (Switch) in collaboration with the US organization ESA.
What has been decided? Under the direction of the US agency “Federal Trade Commission”, the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) announced that it has agreed with the three major console manufacturers Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo on a new approach to the controversial topic of loot boxes.
From now on, all new games with loot boxes and updates that add loot boxes to existing games must follow clear rules. The chances of obtaining items of different rarities must always be displayed. This is intended to regulate the wild gambling nature of loot boxes.
If one knows that there is only a 0.001 percent chance of getting a certain item, they might not spend a fortune on real money in the cash shop and can better calculate how much acquiring a specific loot will likely cost them.
“This approach would also be compatible with the Apple and Google approach on mobile platforms. We believe that together this provides a comprehensive approach to ensure that consumers receive the information they need to make informed purchasing decisions when it comes to paid loot boxes.”
How binding are the agreements? The agreement to make loot boxes transparent has been made on a voluntary basis. This is likely a preemptive response by the major manufacturers to possibly upcoming regulations, such as the already implemented loot box ban in Belgium.
Furthermore, besides the aforementioned manufacturers, several publishers are also ESA members and are reportedly participating voluntarily in the agreement. Although no names were mentioned, known ESA members include:
Activision
Blizzard
Bethesda
Disney
Epic
Games
Square
Enix
Take-Two
Ubisoft
It is therefore quite possible that something will soon change regarding loot boxes in the games of the aforementioned publishers and that the boxes will become more transparent.
What was the start of Ninja on the streaming platform “Mixer” like after he left Twitch? The numbers look good, especially among the important subscribers that bring in money. We show you what it’s all about.
This is the backstory: On August 1, the famous Fortnite streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announced that he would be leaving the live streaming platform “Twitch.TV”. He has signed an exclusive deal with Microsoft, which means he will only stream on the live streaming platform “Mixer”.
This is a big step, as Ninja’s channel had a proud 14 million followers on Twitch. Now, people wonder how many he will have on Mixer and if he can continue his success on Microsoft’s platform.
This was Ninja’s well-known setup on Twitch for a long time.
How did the start on Mixer go? Ninja had his first livestream at the Lollapalooza Festival on August 2 with an average of about 65,000 viewers. A viewer shouted from the audience to Ninja, “You sold out” – but overall, the stream was a success.
Aside from this criticism, the numbers look interesting:
As of August 6 at 2:40 PM, 719,828 people follow his Mixer channel.
His channel has been viewed over 4.3 million times.
Ninja shared the number of subscribers on Twitter on August 3. He wrote: “We just reached over 500,000 subscribers on Mixer. How could we celebrate this better than with a cake?”
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What is the difference between followers and subscribers?
Subscribers are people who have taken out paid subscriptions. The cost of a subscription on Twitch is $5, while on Mixer it is about $6. They are credited to the streamer accordingly.
Followers, on the other hand, follow a streamer for free and there is no payment involved.
Ninja achieves a new record never thought possible
The new 500,000 is therefore a staggering number for the streamer. It is estimated that there are now about 650,000 subscribers on Mixer. More than double the numbers he achieved on Twitch, which have been considered absolute exceptions for over a year.
Sponsored by Microsoft
What is behind this high number of subscribers? The subscriptions do not come from nowhere. There is currently a promotion by Microsoft on Mixer. Anyone who subscribes by September 30 can secure a free 1-month subscription to Ninja’s channel.
Normally, such a subscription costs $5.99 on Mixer.
They do not have to be paid for themselves, but are likely sponsored by Microsoft. How much money ultimately goes to Ninja is unclear.
1 million subscriptions on Mixer – number is even higher than expected
Update 7.9.: In the article, we estimated that Ninja would now have 650,000 subscriptions. There are even more. As Ninja himself announced on Twitter, he now has 1 million subscriptions on Mixer.
He feels better than he has in a long time.
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His old channel on Twitch still attracts viewers daily. However, there are no more Ninja streams. Twitch had an interesting idea on how to handle the channel:
In Pokémon GO, the gift event is currently active. But this also brings frustration to trainers who now have to spend a lot of time unpacking the colorful boxes.
What kind of event is this? On Monday, August 5th, the Gift Event in Pokémon GO started. This is meant to further strengthen the friendships between trainers.
What are the bonuses? Niantic came up with some ideas for the bonuses to make the gifts that you can send to your friends in the game more interesting:
All eggs from gifts will hatch after 2 kilometers in the incubator but can contain all Pokémon from the 7-KM eggs
During the event, you can open 30 gifts per day
You can also store 20 gifts in your bag
The new shiny Mobai is now in the game and can be hatched
Long unpacking time of gifts annoys players
What is the problem? At first glance, the new bonuses look good. There are more gifts and cool Pokémon that can now be hatched even faster. So why the frustration?
Trainers can open more gifts per day than before. But opening the gifts has always been a thorn in the side of many players. Because it is time consuming.
Although the gifts are important, as they increase the friends level and you receive items like Poké Balls from them.
Each gift has to be opened individually. There is no “Open all gifts” button. So you need to invest several seconds for each gift to complete the opening and collecting of items. At first glance, this sounds like a luxury problem.
But with 30 gifts in a row, that adds up to a few minutes spent mindlessly opening gifts.
Because you can currently receive even more gifts per day, some trainers are frustrated.
What players demand: On Reddit , players again suggest “There should be a button to open all gifts at once”.
The player Twoninjas2015 writes that opening gifts currently consumes too much time during which one cannot play. This is a problem for trainers with little time.
Fortnite: Battle Royale has surprisingly introduced a building ban in the new zone Tilted Town, which forced a player to consume a whole PlayStation Store gift card.
Why did someone eat a gift card? The Reddit user and Fortnite fan AuraxisKnight recently ate a gift card for PlayStation in a video. With great effort, he bit and swallowed piece by piece of the tough, reinforced cardboard. But why?
It all started when AuraxisKnight boasted just a day ago that Epic would probably never patch a building ban zone into the game. That would never happen; if it did, he would genuinely consume a whole gift card for PlayStation 4.
Therefore, the Reddit user had to follow through on his words. He approached it so dutifully that he had already consumed parts of the card before he thought of recording it all.
However, the rest of the card consumption made it into the video that we’ve embedded here.
This is how the community reacts: The thread with the video of the card feast was well received on Reddit. The post received over 4,000 upvotes and tons of comments. Many Reddit users praise AuraxisKnight’s commitment:
“You are a man of your word! Immediate upvote. You are certainly someone you can rely on.”
“Now you can not only say that Epic is ruining the health of the game, but also that of its players and the community!”
“I’m now waiting for the guy who swears to eat his socks if the mech doesn’t disappear by the end of next week!”
“Respect, bro, you keep your word!”
“A man of action, respect! Epic, look at what you’ve done to this guy!”
Warning, do not try this at home: With all the respect that the action has evoked, you should still not attempt this. While cardboard is not toxic in itself, consuming printed and treated cards is not healthy.
The building ban zone is alongside the mech a hotly debated topic in Fortnite. However, not everyone finds the building bans terrible:
A bug is preventing Xbox One users today, on August 7th, from signing into an account on Xbox Live and using the Xbox Game Pass. An old acquaintance is apparently to blame: Error 0x87dd0006 is currently causing the issues.
In the late afternoon and early evening on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, error 0x87dd0006 occurs on many Xbox One consoles and prevents logging in and signing in. As a result, players no longer have access to purchased content.
Which services are affected? According to the official Xbox Live support page, both “general Xbox Live services” and “TV, Music, and Video” are currently restricted.
In this case, signing in to Xbox Live is particularly affected.
Xbox Live Outage: Error 0x87dd0006 – Developers are working on a solution
When will a solution be available? Currently, according to the status page, developers are already working on a solution. The official Twitter account of Xbox Support has already announced that a team is addressing the issue.
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Those affected must therefore be patient for the time being. We will keep you updated at MeinMMO if there are any developments.
Update 6:10 PM: According to the status page, live services are available again. According to a tweet, progress is said to be apparent. Players are encouraged to try logging in again.
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This has happened before: Users of the Xbox One were already plagued by the same error 0x87dd0006 in February 2019. At that time, it also prevented access to accounts as well as the creation of new accounts.
The current status – it looked similar in February as well.
Players were particularly annoyed by the incident at that time, as the Anthem demo was running at the same time, which many players wanted to test.
Players have also had problems logging in at other times. However, it seems that significantly more players are affected again this time.
How long did it last? The problem in February was resolved after just over an hour. In the meantime, there was a brief update, but it had not helped all players.
A workaround or temporary solution was also not known. So it is likely to be a waiting game this time as well.
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In the wild mode of Hearthstone , a crazy combination is possible. In just one turn, a player can collect over 2,500 armor!
In the wild mode of Hearthstone, different rules apply than in the Standard format. Since all cards of the game are allowed in wild mode, players can create quite powerful and sometimes even absurd combinations that can completely decide a game in just one turn. This is also helped by the 135 new cards from Rise of Uldum. One of these combos has now been shown by Reddit user Devola4. He generates 2,566 armor points for his Druid in just one turn.
This is how the combo works: The combo makes use of a new card that Druids have received, as well as some cards from past expansions.
First, you need the “Bane of the Array” from Rastakhan’s Rumble. This minion starts with 5 attack and 10 health, but its attack is doubled every time it destroys a minion on the Druid’s turn through “Overwhelm.”
Then the Druid uses Flurps’ marvelous Glop (Dr. Boom’s Lab), which gives him 1 Mana each time a friendly minion dies.
Now the Druid casts the spell ARGH! BEES!!! (Rise of Uldum) on the Bane. This allows the Bane to kill a total of 8 minions, which doubles its attack value 8 times – in the end, it has a whopping 1,280 attack.
Finally, he casts Earthly Scales (Journey to Un’goro) on the Bane twice in a row. This gives it +1/+1 and grants the Druid the attack power of the minion as armor.
Together with the Death Knight Druid’s hero ability, that’s a proud 2566 armor!
The Druid is essentially immortal: The end result of the combo is that the Druid can practically no longer lose. Even if the opponent were to deal 32 damage every turn (for instance, by four 8/8 giants), removing the armor would take 47 turns. However, since a Hearthstone match ends automatically after 45 turns, this is essentially impossible.
If both sides just waited and hoped that the Druid would eventually die from “fatigue damage” when he has no cards left in the deck, removing the armor would take 72 turns.
So if someone manages to pull off this combo, they have at least secured themselves a “draw”.
The combo is of course difficult to pull off, and usually in wild mode, a match is decided before that. But if it succeeds, the Druid has good reason to be pleased.
What do you think of such combos? Should they even be possible in Hearthstone? Or does it ruin the fun of the game?
The playable characters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are referred to as Operators. An exclusive report from Game Informer has now revealed new details about unlocking, factions, skins, and other aspects of the virtual fighters.Here’s what we know so far.
What kind of information is this? The release of the 2019 reboot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on October 25th is approaching. Accordingly, there are more fresh information and new details about various features and areas of the game – such as
In the new print issue of Game Informer, developers offered a closer look at how the Operators function in Modern Warfare 2019. Additionally, some streamers and YouTubers who have already tried the game were able to share their insights.
Operators in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Here’s what we know so far
What are Operators actually? Operators are often referred to as members of military or police special forces. In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, they are various characters that you can select and play in multiplayer.
How do the Operators work? Modern Warfare 2019 departs from the specialist system that was used in, for example, Black Ops 4.
The individual Operators do not have any special individual abilities. None can do something that another character cannot achieve. Each Operator is purely cosmetic. What matters will be your loadout and skill. However, each character has numerous appearances, personalities, voices, execution animations, and skins.
By the way, even though the Operators can visually differ greatly, the hit boxes, or hit zones, of the individual characters are all identical – even if, for example, a female character appears slimmer than a robust male counterpart. Apart from (depending on clothing and environment) a possibly slightly better camouflage effect, there are no gameplay-relevant differences – regardless of which Operator you choose.
What about the factions? The characters not only accompany you in the multiplayer battles themselves. At the beginning, each player selects one character from a faction. Depending on the conflict side, one of your two figures will always be displayed in lobbies. Additionally, you can set your absolute favorite and display it in all relevant menus.
Source: TheXclusiveAce
The Operators are initially roughly divided into two factions, the Coalition and the Allegiance – essentially a kind of West versus East. Each faction consists of a standard soldier, with whom one begins, as well as 3 subgroups.
For the Coalition, they are
SAS
Warcom
Demon Dogs
Source: TheXclusiveAce
For the Allegiance, they are
Spetsnaz
Jackals
Chimera
Source: TheXclusiveAce
How many Operators are there? According to current reports from some streamers and YouTubers who have already tried the game, there are currently a total of 20 characters in multiplayer:
one standard soldier per faction
3 Operators per subgroup
It is still unclear whether more will be added at launch or if appearances will be changed through skins.
Source: TheXclusiveAce
How can you unlock additional Operators? As Game Informer revealed, you will start with the standard Operator and can then unlock all available characters in the game through gameplay.
It is not known whether this will also apply to Operators that may be released later.
In each faction, you can achieve progress by playing and accordingly unlock more characters from the subgroups.
This is how the Operator skins work: There will be additional skins for each Operator. How these are obtained – whether also through gameplay or through potential microtransactions – is currently unknown.
However, what the developers revealed to Game Informer is that skins determine the complete appearance of each Operator. There will be no specific items like shoes or headgear. Each skin embodies a total appearance.
What about microtransactions? Currently, there are no official details on this. However, Operator skins seem to be becoming a big deal in Modern Warfare – after all, it seems that alongside Operator selection, it is the only other customization option for the in-game character. Thus, some fans strongly predict additional microtransactions.
Check out all currently known Operators:
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Today, on August 7th, the legendary raid hour with Rayquaza starts in Pokémon GO. We will show you the most important information about shiny chances, counters, and the raid times.
What is the legendary raid hour? During a legendary raid hour, tier 5 raid bosses appear in almost all gyms in Pokémon GO. Today, on August 7th, the event featuring Rayquaza takes place. This is a popular dragon Pokémon that can even appear as shiny.
The shiny form of Rayquaza is black and highly sought after by players in Pokémon GO. Therefore, if you have the opportunity, you should definitely participate in the event today. Due to the numerous raids, the chances of this shiny are increased.
Raid hour starts at 6 PM
When does the event take place? The time for the event is limited. Today, this Wednesday, the event lasts exactly one hour. From 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, the raids with Rayquaza will take place wherever gyms are available. If a raid is still active at a gym at 6:00 PM, Rayquaza may appear there delayed or not at all. Afterward, the gym bosses will change back to a selection with more variety.
Players are particularly happy about the raid bosses in August:
What you need to know about Rayquaza – Counters, shiny, attacks
What attacks does Rayquaza know?
Attack
Type
Dragon Tail (Fast)
Dragon
Aircutter (Fast)
Flying
Outrage (Charged)
Dragon
Aerobatics (Charged)
Flying
Ancient Power (Charged)
Rock
Countering Rayquaza – Here’s how: The dragon Pokémon that is the focus of today’s raid hour can be easily countered by Mamoswine and Glaceon. These are the strongest attackers against Rayquaza.
The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) is one of the most popular MMORPGs in Germany. This is revealed by a look at Google Trends. Since the release on PS4 and Xbox One in 2015, the MMORPG has been consistently stable in player interest – every summer, the online role-playing game reaches a peak.
What is Google Trends? The service “Google Trends” shows how the overall search interest in a game looks like.
Normally, the interest at the release of a game is highest, and then quickly declines. This is the case with every game and nothing special.
However, it is interesting to see how interest develops over the years. Most games never regain significant interest after the release. But The Elder Scrolls Online is one of the few exceptions.
The reason for this is a decision that was heavily criticized in 2014. At that time, Zenimax postponed the originally announced release for PS4 and Xbox One indefinitely.
The development of search interest in ESO, according to Google Trends.
Where is ESO popular? The title The Elder Scrolls Online is a typical “Western title.” It is most popular in Canada and the USA. But Germany comes very close in interest (98%).
What is also interesting: ESO had an extremely difficult release in 2014. Bugs and exploits plagued the game. The endgame was a disaster for many. ESO could not meet the high expectations that games like Skyrim had raised.
This crisis is perfectly reflected in the graphs.
At that time, the interest in The Elder Scrolls Online fell like a stone. By June 2014, the online role-playing game was relatively at a low point. The hype had faded.
The decision to postpone the PS4 and Xbox One version of ESO indefinitely was particularly harshly criticized. However, it turned out to be a wise move, as it gave ESO a second chance.
April 2014 was the release of The Elder Scrolls Online – and a tough time for the MMORPG.
At the lowest point of The Elder Scrolls Online, the turning point came
When was ESO really bad? The low point was reached in October 2014. At that time, the game was already considered dead and failed or on the sure path there.
Only one-ninth of the original interest in The Elder Scrolls Online remained – and only half a year had passed since the release.
At that time, however, Zenimax was already working on comprehensive changes. They had summoned guilds to their headquarters in Maryland to discuss significant changes to the MMORPG.
And then the turning point came.
March 2015 marked the turning point for The Elder Scrolls Online. At that time, they let go of the subscription model.
In March 2015, things started to look up
When did the turning point come? Already in March 2015, ESO was able to initiate its upswing with the transition to a buy-to-play title. They dropped the subscription model – and immediately interest in ESO shot up. They were once again at a quarter of the interest at launch.
Later, in June 2015, ESO made a comeback with the release on PS4 and Xbox One.
With 87%, ESO in June 2015 was once again nearly as interesting as at launch in April 2014 – but a significantly more mature and better game.
The interest from this second launch was maintained for much longer than the first time:
In 2014, the launch hype had nearly completely faded after 2 months
In 2015, it took 4 months for the hype to largely cool off
The surprise: In 2014, after this cooling phase, it continued to drop. In 2015, ESO maintained its level.
This is how it has been since then: What stands out is that ESO has virtually not gone through any significant valleys since then. Since November 2015, the MMORPG has been stable, with minor fluctuations up or down, but the changes are relatively small.
ESO has actually never fallen significantly below the low point of October 2014. But it is also far from the hype of the console release.
Things are going well for The Elder Scrolls in recent years.
ESO has become the MMORPG of June every year
ESO remains relatively constant at a level, so it has a solid baseline:
The game regularly creates highlights in the summer when the main addon like Summerset or Elsweyr comes. June was the strongest month of the year in 2017, 2018, and so far, 2019.
ESO is running slightly slower in 2019, which is normal for an MMORPG as it gets older, but it remains considerably stable after such a turbulent first year.
It would have been hard to believe in 2014 that ESO would run so stable and without major fluctuations from 2016 to 2019.
