In the multiverse of Dungeons & Dragons, there are all kinds of magical artifacts. Not only are they unique, but they can also grant you power that you definitely want to call your own.We have compiled 5 particularly powerful ones for you.
What are artifacts in Dungeons & Dragons? Artifacts are extremely powerful, unique magical items that each have their own story and origin. They possess unimaginable powers.
They often appear when they are needed the most or shake the world when found. In campaigns, they usually serve more as tools for the story than as classic equipment for the player characters.
Therefore, they are often main objectives for campaigns or later campaign sections. However, using their power often comes at a price, and if one wants to destroy them, one often faces great challenges.
Whether sought as a salvation or seized from a powerful villain to save the multiverse: Artifacts offer a wide range of possibilities for your adventure – for both players and the game master.
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How was the list created? For our list, we selected 5 artifacts that are particularly powerful in their own way. We paid attention to a diverse lineup so that every player and game master can find something useful. We limited ourselves to the 5th Edition while considering the new rulebooks (version 2024).
In addition to the predefined individual properties, each artifact has additional properties that can either be determined by the game master or rolled randomly. We ignored these in our selection.
We opted against a direct ranking, as the power of an artifact depends on too many factors to be easily compared. An artifact can be powerful because it can greatly manipulate the world around it or because it can cause significant damage – or simply because a player or enemy uses it cleverly at an opportune moment.
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Kas was a powerful warrior who served Vecna. As a sign of his loyalty, he received this bloodthirsty longsword. Ultimately, the sword convinced Kas to destroy his master Vecna, which also heralded his own downfall. All that remained was the sword and an insatiable thirst for blood.
His thirst for fresh blood is so great that it must be appeased within a minute (i.e., in combat for 10 rounds). If this does not happen, the wielder must succeed on a Charisma saving throw of 15 to avoid being dominated by it until their desire is fulfilled.
The sword communicates telepathically with its bearer and can thus influence their mind. Its absolute goal is to destroy Vecna and those under his influence. Additionally, its bearer can cast 3 spells, each of which can be used once per day.
It is considered a magical weapon that deals an additional 2D10 damage to undead and grants its bearer resistance to necrotic damage. Additionally, its attack bonus can be fully or partially applied to one’s own armor class.
A powerful artifact for anyone who wants to fight against Vecna or hordes of undead. To destroy the sword, the one in possession of the artifacts of Vecna’s Eye and Hand must be attuned to them. The user can then utilize the ability to cast the spell “Wish“. If successful, the sword is destroyed.
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Diablo 4 is set to become significantly harder in Season 8. There is currently discussion in the community about whether casual players can even reach the highest difficulty level – and who these “casuals” actually are.
How difficult will Diablo 4 be? In a “Campfire Chat” livestream, Blizzard announced that Torment 4 will be “desirable” starting with Season 8. Only the top 10% of players are expected to reach this level. The highest torment level remains attainable, but it will be a significantly greater challenge.
To accomplish this, Blizzard is tightening the screws in the endgame significantly. In the Pit, the health points of monsters increase by 20% per level – and this is multiplicative. Endgame bosses are also expected to hit harder and withstand longer. You should no longer be able to one-shot them. Players were recently able to test how difficult Diablo 4 will be on the PTR.
The announcement is currently causing discussions in the community. Many who consider themselves “casuals” fear that they will no longer be able to reach Torment Level 4 because of the changes. Others say: Those who see themselves as casuals are actually not at all.
Torment levels as a way to balance players
What are casual players afraid of? There are currently several threads on Reddit regarding Torment 4, the highest difficulty level. Jcamilop93 describes in his post his concern about whether he can even make it to Torment 4 by the end of the season – let alone feel that his character is truly strong enough. Additionally, he emphasizes that he wants his time to be respected.
He does not demand that the game be made easier or that grinding be removed – after all, the feeling of progress is an essential part of an ARPG. But he wonders if there are not also ways to ensure that players with less game time can make progress and have fun.
User Elrond007 sees the division from Torment 1 to Torment 4 as the perfect balance between casuals and hardcore players: “Everyone can experience the entire game, farm everything, and get all drops – based on their own progress.” TOMMISS99 adds: “You shouldn’t be forced to reach Torment 4 [for certain rewards] – but it should be an option if you want it.”
For d4rth3zio, it’s perfectly fine if casuals do not reach the highest level. However, he believes that every type of player should have their own rewards: “Casuals should have easily attainable rewards, but hardcore players should also receive their own rewards. If Torment 4 isn’t for casuals, then we probably won’t reach it. And that’s completely fine with me.”
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“Stop pretending to be casuals, you’re not”
This is the criticism of the “casuals”: In another Reddit thread, Solwastaken writes that the casuals complaining about the “new” Torment level 4 are not casuals at all. They enjoy playing competitively.
He states specifically:
All “casuals” who are complaining about the changes to Torment 4 are actually competitive players who are currently at Torment 4. They are not casuals. They belong to the top 50% of players (since 50% reach Torment 4). What they love about this game is the illusion of skill/power by being among the best players in the game, because Torment 4 is the hardest difficulty level. […]
They are not complaining about not being respected as casuals: They are angry that there will be harder content that they will not be a part of. […]
So stop pretending to be casuals, you’re not. You are all Torment 4 players who love to count yourselves among the best in a game that cannot bear the idea of harder content that they cannot/will not reach. Real casuals will go back to Torment 3, finish their day, and not make a fuss.
User taskmaster51 believes that harder content is not a problem – as long as it is not mandatory. He writes in a comment: “I have no problem with it as long as you are not forced to complete Torment 4 content to finish the season.” In comparison: In the current season journey, there are some goals for which a player must play on Torment 4. If this remains the case, some players may not be able to unlock all rewards.
With the expansion “Vessel of Hatred,” Diablo 4 has introduced the Dark Citadel as a new endgame activity. Meanwhile, many players are wondering if anyone is actually playing there – some have even completely forgotten about the feature.
What is the deal with the coop feature? In October 2024, the first expansion for Diablo 4, Vessel of Hatred, was released. Among other things, it brought the new coop dungeon “The Dark Citadel” into the game.
To tackle the Dark Citadel, you need at least one teammate – ideally, there are four of you, as the difficulty does not scale with group size. Most players, however, play Diablo 4 solo.
Almost six months after the introduction of the coop activity, many are asking: Is anyone still playing it?
Players criticize the lack of couch coop and “group pressure”
Here’s what players are saying about the coop activity: In a Reddit post, Pleasant-Guava9898 asks the community when they last visited the Dark Citadel – he himself cannot remember. The top comment from Zahrukai resonates with many: “I play solo… so never.” With over 450 upvotes (as of March 20, 2025, 11:45 PM), it seems he is voicing exactly what many think.
flavian1 says he has never played the coop dungeon – and does not feel like he is missing out. And fliteriskk notes: “I honestly forgot it existed until I saw this post.”
And Saguaro-plug is frustrated about a missing feature: “I wanted to finally try it out the other day when I was playing couch coop with my friend… and then I realized that the Dark Citadel doesn’t support couch coop?!?”
In another Reddit thread, JmWallSeth demands that the Dark Citadel should be playable solo. After all, the majority of players are often playing alone – and at the end of a season, the “social hub” is often quite deserted. jcdommo also writes that he would like to play the Dark Citadel solo or with his mercenary.
Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred shows Mercenaries in gameplay trailer
“What would be the point in solo mode?”
Are there also positive voices?On Reddit, Argos_Nomos asks what sense the Dark Citadel would have in solo mode at all. He writes: “[The activity] wouldn’t have any of the mechanics that make it what it is, and would just be another boring dungeon that you’d complain about because it’s too short.” He suggests simply using the group finder to find teammates.
And Pyramithius explains on Reddit that the Dark Citadel is actually the most fun activity for him in Diablo 4. “When I do it with my friends, we simply enjoy finally having mechanics that require conscious input, yet still align with just about everything that makes Diablo 4 fun,” he writes.
After the main quest of Monster Hunter Wilds, an NPC in the Wind Plains will assign you the task of finding a Sandwusel. Although it is a small creature, you will have trouble catching it. We will show you its location and the best strategy for catching it.
Update, January 27, 2026: The article has been reviewed and is up to date.
Who wants the Sandwusel? In the base camp of the Wind Plains, you will find the NPC “Samin” in the large tent, who will familiarize you with the quest “Samin’s Special Research Report”.
You need to catch a Sandwusel in the desert, but you’ll have to figure out the location and a strategy yourself – additionally, you need the little creature for the trophy “Caught a shooting star!”.
Since this little guy is very nimble and rarely found, we will show you the most important information to make your hunt easier.
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Finding and catching Sandwusel
Where can I find the Sandwusel?
You can find the Sandwusel in the Wind Plains in the large desert with plenty of space to run around.
The best area is Area 13: Oasis.
It is important that the Sandwusel only spawns at night and during fullness, but it is never guaranteed.
Use the resting function in your field or base camp to adjust the time of day – this feature costs you 300 guild points.
Tip for the hunt: If the Sandwusel does not spawn despite being night and full, try setting the evening as the time and wait until night falls. It may be that directly setting night prevents the little creature from spawning.
Pay attention to the marked area – you will find the little creature best here.
How do I catch the Sandwusel?
To catch the Sandwusel, you need the trapping net, but it is not that simple, as the creature runs away from you quickly.
You can follow the Sandwusel with your Saikrii and try to catch it while running, but this can be quite challenging.
Therefore, we recommend using sound bombs to temporarily incapacitate the creature. The Ghillie Mantle can also be helpful, as it hides you.
This is what the little creature looks like.The Sandwusel is very nimble.
When the Wusel stands still, you only need to take out your trapping net and shoot at the creature to catch it. In addition to the catch, you will also receive the achievement “Caught a shooting star!”.
A new MMO called Crosswind is set to be released on Steam, allowing players to take on the role of a pirate. Fans already like what they see.
What kind of MMO is this? Crosswind is an upcoming survival MMO that draws upon pirate adventures as its setting. In the year 17XX, you start as a freelance captain seeking vengeance after being betrayed during a mission. With virtually nothing but the clothes on your back, you initially fight for survival before gradually equipping yourself to take revenge.
The developers of Crosswind indicate on Steam that the main story is expected to take about 30–40 hours to complete, before the MMO aspect of the game begins after the endgame.
Here you can watch the trailer for Crosswind:
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Crosswind reveals first trailer for the pirate MMO that aims to shine on land as well
There is also gameplay on land
What sets this MMO apart? When thinking of a pirate MMO, many players likely immediately think of Skull and Bones. So does @Zkid531 on YouTube, who writes: “Looks like what Skull and Bones should have been. Fantastic!”
Unlike the famous pirate game, Crosswind also brings gameplay to land. You will be able to bombard fortresses on land from your ship before engaging in close combat with swords drawn to capture the fortress.
Of course, Crosswind also offers raids on other ships that you can board and capture. You can play the game solo or with your friends in co-op mode.
In the endgame, you can join one of the rival factions and fight against enemy factions in PvP or PvE missions on the high seas. There will also be trading in Crosswind.
How much survival is there in Crosswind? Alongside the action-packed missions and raids, there will also be many survival mechanics in Crosswind. You have various foods to prepare, chop down trees, gather plants, and even construct a large pirate hideout for yourself.
The building mode seems to be an important component of the game. In the trailer, you can see time-lapse footage of a base being constructed from various materials. Environmental factors such as rain also seem to affect your character, according to the trailer.
Currently, a playtest for the upcoming MMO is running on Steam, which does not yet have a specific release date. Judging by the roadmap, the pirate game is likely to start in early access initially. The gameplay elements displayed there will probably be gradually implemented into the game.
Whether Crosswind will truly become the MMO that Skull and Bones wanted to be remains to be seen. The developer studio is completely unknown, and the publisher ForwardGateway is an Uzbek company that has only been known for mobile games so far.
The British Twitch streamer “NoArmWhatley” is a phenomenon in League of Legends: The streamer had a serious accident in August 2024, falling from the third floor of a building and hitting his head. Since then, he has had trouble seeing anything. But he has learned to deal with it.
How did the accident happen? The streamer suddenly disappeared from Twitch in August 2024 but returned to his fans after about two months, in October 2024, via Twitter: He had suffered a serious accident. He wanted to close a window, but the window broke, and he fell from the third floor to the ground.
NoArmWhatley wrote: He hit his head and fractured his skull. He summarized his injuries at the time, such as brain hemorrhages and various fractures, in a tier list. The streamer said he had a craniotomy: the doctors had to open his skull to relieve pressure. “A messed-up surgical procedure,” emphasized the Brit.
He concluded the post in October 2024 with: “Also, I now have a bald head, lol.” Clearly, a S-tier problem.
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Streamer can hardly see anything
That was his biggest problem: When NoArmWhatley woke up from the coma, he reportedly said: “I can’t wait to play League of Legends again.” But that turned out to be difficult after his severe injury.
As the streamer narrated in his first streams on Twitch, he had extreme difficulty seeing anything at all. A large part of his vision was blocked by bleeding. He could only see what was happening in the Rift peripherally, out of the corners of his eyes.
Since October 2024, he had been on the road to recovery, but the problem with his field of vision remained. A solution had to be found.
This is how NoArmWhatley depicted his vision after the accident: A large part of the central field of vision is blocked. (via dexerto)
LoL: Twitch streamer says he can “break blindness”
This is his success: NoArmWhatley is a so-called OTP, a One Trick Pony in LoL. He only plays Tahm Kench. Although NoArmWhatley can see very poorly, he has nonetheless managed to be among the top 0.5% of players in Europe in LoL with the big fish Tahm Kench.
He himself says in response to a surprised player asking how he can play so well despite his visual impairment that he uses “animation canceling” to temporarily interrupt his blindness.
“Animation Canceling” is a term from gaming: You interrupt a character’s movement before it ends and begin the next action to perform more actions in a shorter time. This is done to enhance one’s performance. Animation Canceling is considered an advanced gaming technique in every game that requires practice because timing is crucial.
Streamer’s trick impresses his eye doctor
This is what his trick looks like: The streamer says he trained in the hospital for 2 months to be able to see again. He says he learned to blink and simultaneously roll his eyes strongly, so that the blood flows down, giving him good eyesight for 4 to 5 seconds.
When my eye doctor looked at the inside of my eye, I did my trick, and he freaked out. He said he had never seen anyone control their blood like that.
NoArmWhatley says: In an article from Dexerto, he is compared to the blind hero Lee Sin, but in his view, he is much more like a blood mage like Vladimir.
How is he doing now? On March 19, 2025, NoArmWhatley provided a health update on X: He is recovering well, his skull has healed, and he only has “slight brain damage” left. Although he is still almost blind – which is annoying – everything else is getting better.
MeinMMO author Johanna studies something related to media, but she can’t always motivate herself to study. However, a category on Twitch has helped her prepare better for her exams.
Studying is difficult. Not necessarily always because of the material, but often due to a lack of discipline. It can be hard to motivate oneself to study when there isn’t the pressure of an upcoming exam.
And even that doesn’t always have the desired effect.
Just like with me when an exam was approaching, for which I simply didn’t feel like studying. I much preferred hanging out on Twitch and watching my favorite streamers, who distracted me from my academic responsibilities.
But this very platform should be the reason why I actually sat down to study and why I also came out of the exam with a good grade.
Twitch is mostly a platform for entertainment. In the video, we present to you the 5 most relevant Twitch streamers in the German space:
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A Twitch category becomes a lifesaver
What helped me? One day while I was on Twitch and none of the current streams really appealed to me, I browsed through the categories of the platform. Under “Creative Ideas,” there is the category “Co-working & Studying.”
Here, people stream themselves working or studying (on the computer). I clicked on the first stream where a student was sitting at her desk, writing in her notes.
I had once heard from my lecturer that meeting with other students to study together can help with learning. This increases each individual’s productivity through “social facilitation.” This means that we find things easier when we do them in a group where others are doing the same task.
The problem with this: Through my distance learning program, I knew my fellow students, but they lived much too far away for a meeting in a library to be possible. However, this Twitch category seemed like the perfect substitute.
For the effect of “social facilitation,” it is often enough just to see another person on a screen who is studying. For example, on YouTube, there are videos where students have filmed themselves studying and then uploaded it.
If you search for “Co-Studying” on YouTube, you will find numerous such videos.
However, that somehow wasn’t enough for me. My brain didn’t feel “tricked enough,” so I couldn’t really concentrate better on my study material. I didn’t pursue the concept any further. However, with Twitch, this changed.
Co-Studying on Twitch: The livestreams happen in real time. So I knew that the student on my screen was also studying, which in turn stimulated my productivity.
I selected a stream where a young woman was filming her desk and herself. She was working with the Pomodoro Technique, and I adjusted to her by actively studying and taking breaks.
The Pomodoro Technique is supposed to help concentrate for longer periods. In this technique, a set time is spent actively studying/concentrating, for example, 25 minutes, followed by a short break, like 5 minutes. The times can be adjusted individually based on how long you can concentrate continuously.
And indeed: It worked. All of a sudden, it was much easier for me to concentrate and actually accomplish the things I had planned for the day. I applied this learning technique every day for a week and became increasingly confident with my material.
This is what my daily routine looked like for a week.
The result: I sat in my exam confidently, and this time my productivity was not boosted by a Twitch streamer, but in real life by the other students around me. I was finally able to celebrate a grade of 2 in the exam, and all of this was thanks to Twitch!
In EA FC 25 you can secure a real top striker for Ultimate Team. He is comparable to a strong version of Cristiano Ronaldo, but with him, you save 2 million coins. On MeinMMO, we introduce you to the cheap goal scorer and his similarities with CR7.
What kind of striker is he? On March 16, 2025, a flashback card of the once world-class striker Luis Suárez was released as a Squad Building Challenge (SBC) for Ultimate Team. The SBC costs around 170,000 coins and is meant to commemorate his FUT Birthday card from 2022.
What do the stats of the new card look like? Compared to his gold card, the Uruguayan has received strong upgrades.
Suárez’ gold card and his new flashback version. The SBC runs until March 30, 2025.
Here you can see the new stats and other improvements listed:
Rating +8 (82→90)
Speed +26 (64→90)
Shooting +8 (85→93)
Passing +8 (78→86)
Dribbling +13 (77→90)
Defending +9 (41→50)
Physical +13 (75→88)
Skills:
+1★ Weak Foot (4→5)
+2★ Skill Moves (3→5)
PlayStyles:
Curled Shot+
Fast Step+
Technique
Power Shot
Calm
Acrobatic
Especially in speed, Suárez has received an enormous upgrade, which he can also perfectly implement with his new PlayStyle Fast Step+. But generally, the new card has many strong values, skills, PlayStyles, and player roles.
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How good is Suárez? Comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo shows it
Why does a comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo make sense? The upgrades of flashback Suárez can best be assessed when compared to another strong striker. Who would be better suited than the currently most popular striker in FC 25 Ultimate Team?
With Cristiano Ronaldo, another aging superstar received an enormously strong flashback card as SBC on March 7, 2025. Despite costs of over 2 million coins, the Portuguese enjoys enormous popularity and is ranked third in the popularity ranking on Futbin among the most popular players overall in Ultimate Team and first among the most popular strikers.
How strong is Suárez really? Looking at the flashback cards of both strikers, one does not notice a significant difference at first glance.
Comparison of the two flashback versions of Cristiano Ronaldo and Suárez.
Both players have almost identical stats with +/-1 deviations. The biggest difference arises in the comparison of the defensive stats, where Suárez is even rated 9 points (50 to 41) better.
Both bring strong PlayStyles for the striker position. Here, especially the curled shot in gold is worth mentioning, which gives curled shots enormous precision. With the PlayStyles Trivela and Power Shot, both also master other important shooting techniques.
Their other PlayStyle+ each provides a speed boost. While Ronaldo may have an advantage through frenzy over distance, Suárez has a lead with Fast Step in the first meter when accelerating.
In terms of ball security, Suárez even has a slight edge, as in addition to the shared PlayStyle Technique, the Uruguayan also possesses Calm, which gives him closer ball control and stronger ball retention.
Furthermore, both players can perform all roles at least in the variant+ in the center forward position. Also, in the skills for weak foot and skill moves, both cards reach the maximum with 5★.
Conclusion: The best cheap striker in EA FC 25?
Not only the stats but also the relevant PlayStyles of both strikers are similar. Thus, no glaring differences can be identified in the most important skills for a striker. It is clear that Suárez can keep up with Cristiano Ronaldo on an analytical level and is likely the cheapest player among the absolute top strikers in FC 25 for the price.
This is also recognized by users on Futbin. There, Suárez has 4571 likes with just 332 dislikes (as of March 21, 2025, 3:00 PM). He thus has around 93 % positive reviews, even ahead of Ronaldo with around 88% positive ratings.
How the price difference can still be explained will be discussed at the end of the article.
Why is Cristiano Ronaldo still much more expensive? A few differences in detail arise after all. The following aspects give Cristiano Ronaldo an advantage over his rival:
With the additional PlayStyles In the Air/Power Header and 99 Jumping, Ronaldo is one of the best headers in FC 25
With the PlayStyle Tricks, Ronaldo can perform unique flick movements with the right stick and a tricky shot feint
With the PlayStyles Frenzy+ and Fast Step, he has 2 playstyles for additional speed
Ronaldo can also be deployed on the left wing
Whether these aspects justify the price increase of 2 million coins must be decided by each individual. Typically, one pays a little more for Ronaldo due to the hype surrounding him and other immeasurable details such as body type.
If you don’t currently have the 2 million coins in your account and can live with compromises, Suárez is likely an optimal alternative to Ronaldo. With these 7 strong players for under 50,000 coins, you can also strengthen your Ultimate Team with affordable stars.
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One of the most important components of any MMORPG is the game world, where gamers often spend hundreds or even thousands of hours. Here we present the games with the largest worlds.
What criteria were used to create this list? This list shows you the MMORPGs with the largest game worlds. The list is not strictly based on square meters, but on the time that can be spent in the MMORPGs until every piece of land or space has been seen.
Because many developers do not disclose exact numbers for their MMORPGs, our research has also incorporated calculations from various other sources and the community.
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World of Warcraft
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How large is the game world of World of Warcraft? As the genre leader, WoW has been supplied with updates and expansions for over 20 years, making it one of the MMORPGs with the largest game world. According to a YouTube video from the Mr.Ranker channel, the game world with the expansions was about 207 km² in size as of September 2020.
Since then, however, the expansions Shadowlands, Dragonflight, and The War Within have been released, all of which have further expanded World of Warcraft. Until you have truly seen everything in World of Warcraft, you will be well occupied. In Kalimdor, the Eastern Kingdoms, Pandaria, Northrend, and the Dragon Isles alone, you can probably go on entire exploration vacations and find one or another Easter egg.
In addition to the many interesting places in the world of World of Warcraft, exploring the game world also reveals locations that are rather quirky. MeinMMO demon Cortyn has selected for you the 5 most peculiar places in World of Warcraft.
Next, we continue on the next page with a sci-fi MMORPG.
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the social media platform Twitter for $40.68 billion in October 2022. Shortly thereafter, he laid off a large portion of the then workforce and changed the company’s name and logo.
What logo was sold? Anyone familiar with the old Twitter before Elon Musk’s takeover knows the former logo of the social media platform: a small bird named Larry in white or blue.
This logo also adorned Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. There, a blue representation of the bird weighing around 250 kg hung on the outer facade of the building.
Shortly after Elon Musk took over Twitter and renamed it to X, he had the logo changed and replaced the small bird with the letter “X” – both on the platform and on the facade of the office, which is now headquartered in Texas. This logo has now been sold.
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Auction house sells Twitter logo for thousands of dollars
What’s behind the sale: The logo that adorned the former headquarters of Twitter was sold at an auction in San Francisco for $35,000 (about €32,000) on March 20, 2025 (via kron4).
However, it is not known who exactly acquired the oversized bird or what the person plans to do with the gigantic logo.
A spokesperson for the auction house described the bird as “a significant piece of social media history” and emphasized that the logo is more than just office decoration.”
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 and renamed it to X, this did not go down well with many users and advertising partners of the platform. The company is said to have lost about 80% of its value as a result. However, according to a new report, this has now changed: Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 billion, only 3 years later has it regained its old value
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It’s time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG news in two minutes.” We summarize the most important news around the best genre in the world. Look forward tothe reveal of important dates, unexpected comebacks, major community successes, freshly released updates, and more.
Blizzard celebrates the anniversary of the franchise that has made them famous for the last 30 years: Warcraft has turned 30, World of Warcraft turns 20. MeinMMO was able to talk to the heads of the company for the anniversary and reminisced a bit – but also learned exciting details from behind the scenes.
Update 2.2.0 for Throne and Liberty was released on March 19, 2025. The patch mainly includes corrections, such as for the season rewards of dimension challenges and the malfunctioning behavior of some bosses. You can find the patch notes on playthroneandliberty.com.
What else happened? Over the past 28 years, the South Korean company NCsoft has established itself as one of the main operators of online role-playing games – keywords: Guild Wars 1 + 2, Lineage 1 + 2, Aion, and Blade & Soul. However, the publisher and developer have been struggling for some time now, largely due to the PC MMORPGs.
NCsoft is now pinning its hopes on Aion 2:
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On April 10, the future of Elder Scrolls Online will be revealed
What happened with the big MMORPGs:
Phase 8 of the Season of Discovery for WoW Classic begins on April 8, 2025. You can find all the details on worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com.
What do you do with players who have reportedly used unauthorized cheats in an MMORPG like World of Warcraft to gain an advantage? Of course, you revoke the cheated achievements and impose penalties. The Chinese publisher of WoW is doing even more.
From March 27, 2025, to April 3, 2025, the Festival of Fools will take place in Elder Scrolls Online. You can find all the details on elderscrollsonline.com.
Unlike Janthir Wilds, the next expansion of Guild Wars 2 is not expected to release in August. Instead, the developers of ArenaNet are planning a launch in October 2025.
On April 10, 2025, the ESO Direct 2025 will take place, during which fans of the MMORPG will learn more about the new content and seasons of Elder Scrolls Online (via elderscrollsonline.com).
On March 26, 2025, the next content update for Lost Ark goes live. Included are: new memories, improved login rewards, transformation skins, and the return of “Golden Frog” with a chance for relic engravings. You can find out more on YouTube in the latest episode of Eye on Arkesia:
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The move from the old 32-bit to the new, more modern 64-bit servers of Lord of the Rings Online was, unfortunately, a frustrating experience for many interested parties. Now one of the executives has revealed the main reason for the many problems: Significantly more players wanted to transfer their characters than expected.
When Trion Worlds released Defiance in April 201, the developers had almost a revolutionary plan: The MMO was to interact continuously with the corresponding TV series. However, in practice, this never really worked. Now there is supposed to be a comeback of the SciFi game.
Celebrations for the 26th anniversary of EverQuest have started. There are bonus XP, gifts, and much more. You can find all the details about the party on everquest.com.
On March 19, 2025, a new update for Star Trek Online was released. Included: Part 2 of the event campaign 2025. You can find the patch notes on playstartrekonline.com.
The MMORPG classic Lineage 2 is getting a new class on April 15, 2025: the werewolf, who attacks with claws and howls at the moon. The class is linked to a new server, and there will also be a new region and fresh content. You can pre-register on lineage2.com and grab goodies in the process. You can see the first teaser below:
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On March 20, 2025, a new update for the Early Access version of The Quinfall went live. The developers provide solutions for server and connection issues, increased server capacities, numerous bug fixes, and various gameplay improvements. They also offer a scalable server infrastructure. You can find the patch notes on Steam.
The Early Access version of the MMORPG Reign of Guilds has received update 0.95.176. This includes a fundamental overhaul of the tutorial, new event and quest systems, and much more. You can find the patch notes on Steam!
On March 19, 2025, there was an update for the Early Access version of Pantheon with 0.16.141. Fans of the MMORPG can expect various class changes and bug fixes. You can find the patch notes again on Steam.
In a few days, the Kickstarter campaign for Stars Reach will end, and the developers have already raised more than 559,000 Euros instead of the intended 183,321 Euros. By reaching the latest milestone, the community has unlocked the fairy race.
Market researchers expect that over the next 20 years the wealth of the global population will drastically shift towards the Millennials and Gen Z. Ferrari is already feeling the wealth transfer.
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What does Ferrari say? Benedetto Vigna, the CEO of Ferrari, revealed in an interview with CNBC that 40% of the company’s new customers are now under the age of 40.
Since 2023, the number of new customers under 40 at Ferrari has increased by 10%. Before 2023, it was about 30%. For Vigna, this is an achievement: “I don’t know how it is with other brands, but for us, it’s an accomplishment that we owe to our team.”
The under-40s mainly consist of Generation Y (Millennials) and Generation Z. The term “Generation Z” describes all individuals born between 1995 and 2010.
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€67 Trillion for Heirs
What is the great wealth transfer? “The great wealth transfer” describes an ongoing process in which Boomers leave their accumulated wealth to their heirs – namely, Generation Y and Z.
The market research firm Cerulli Associates reported in 2022 that this wealth transfer is expected to leave approximately €67.13 trillion to heirs worldwide by 2045 – but of course, wealth transfers are already happening now.
Cerulli estimates that the wealth passed on from Boomers to subsequent generations amounts to more than €49 trillion.
New customers are only a fraction of buyers: According to the American magazine Fortune, Ferrari sold about 81% of all cars sold to customers who already own a Ferrari – 48% of customers even own more than one Ferrari.
Thus, the company sold only 19% of the cars to new customers.
However, as the wealth of the global population is set to drastically shift in the next 20 years, it is important for companies like Ferrari to attract new customers from younger generations now – after all, large banks estimate that Generation Z will soon be the largest and richest generation: Gen Z cannot afford rent but will soon be the richest generation in the world.
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Monica Harrington is one of the co-founders of Valve, the company behind the dominant PC platform Steam. She is now recounting the early days of the platform in 2000, when her 19-year-old nephew caused the company great alarm. He confronted them with a new phenomenon: piracy. What if Half-Life is released and Valve makes no money because the game is simply copied?
What did the 19-year-old do back then? Monica Harrington recently shared an anecdote at the developer conference GDC: In the early years of Steam, around the year 2000, she had given her 19-year-old nephew a check for $500, which would amount to about €850 today when adjusted for inflation. The money was intended for school.
However, the 19-year-old did not spend the money on school-related items: instead, the boy bought a CD burner and sent his aunt a heartfelt thank-you message.
He wrote how happy he was that he could now copy his games and share them with his friends. This caused moderate panic at Valve.
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A user asks Valve if he can bequeath his many games on Steam – they reply
Valve saw its entire business model threatened by piracy
This is how it was received at Valve: Monica Harrington, the first marketing woman at Steam back then, says:
I knew he wasn’t a bad kid, but apparently there was a generational shift and this new copying technology. All of that put our entire business model at risk.
Harrington says that back then all PC games, including Half-Life, were released on CD. Consoles like the PlayStation had built-in copy protection, but PCs had nothing:
Because of gamers like my nephew, we implemented measures that required customers to authenticate themselves. Customers had to confirm and register their product directly with Valve. Soon, gamers were in the forums posting a flood of complaints: The game isn’t working!
Players complained about the first copy protection: The game doesn’t work!
So the first attempts at copy protection were received: As the numerous public complaints poured in that the game wasn’t running due to digital copy protection, Valve started to sweat.
Were there technical problems? Was something wrong with the registration process?
Co-founder Mike Harrington, her husband, became stressed. He apparently thought there was a mistake with the new system. Her husband tried to reach out to everyone who complained about the practice:
It turned out that none of those who complained that their game wasn’t working had actually purchased Half-Life. According to Monica Harrington, the authentication system was working well.
This is how she views the anecdote today: Monica Harrington defended her nephew in a conversation with PC Gamer. She wanted to tell him back then, ‘what are you doing – don’t you know what you’re causing?’ But he never meant any harm.
He was 19; he wasn’t thinking about companies, business models, or copyright.
When he later wanted to apologize, his aunt told him how valuable that experience with him was at the time.
For her, the anecdote with her nephew is something that has followed her for 25 years. Her husband, Mike Harrington, says, however, that he had already considered an authentication system without the nephew.
The Hack’n Slay Diablo 4 will become significantly more difficult with Season 8. Blizzard has announced that progress in the action RPG has become too easy with Season 7 and now wants to make achieving certain goals significantly harder. At the moment, Blizzard states that 50% reach Torment difficulty 4, and starting in April with Season 8, only the top 10% of players should be able to achieve that. This is prompting some players to react quickly to reach a milestone. They want to conquer Pit 150.
With Season 7, the number of players who completed Pit 65 and thus unlocked the difficulty level Torment 4 has doubled. About 50% of Diablo 4 players have reached this goal.
With Season 8, achieving the difficulty level will become much harder: Instead of 50% of all players, only the top 10% of all Diablo 4 players will be able to unlock Torment 4.
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Pit 150 is said to become 73 times harder from April, says a creator
This is the assumption now: As reported by Dexerto, the content creator Rob2628 calculated about 2 weeks ago that a current milestone for ambitious players in Diablo 4, Pit 150, will be about 73 times harder in Season 8 than it is now in Season 7.
He calculated that it will require 73.5 times more damage to successfully complete Pit 150, according to the creator (via YouTube).
Some players criticize elitist Blizzard
This is the result now: Blizzard’s announcement is being discussed controversially. In the forum for Diablo 4, there is a negative interpretation. One user says that Blizzard effectively wants to exclude 40% of the current players from Torment 4.
This is an “elitist attitude” that reeks of people who are only about being as elite as possible in grinding games.
The user says he is not angry at Blizzard, just very disappointed.
Players see it as motivation to really dive back into Diablo 4
However, there are also some players who feel motivated by the announcement of Season 8. For example, one player said on reddit on March 22: He actually no longer feels like playing Diablo 4, but now he has scraped together all his motivation and tackled Pit 150 and even completed the challenge, as he believes that it will not be feasible for him to play at such a high level in Season 8:
I had 0 motivation to bring the BW cheese beyond Pit 135 – it’s not a fun build, it’s totally overpowered and only relies on improving your gear to the point where you can crush everything in your way.
But then I saw the S8 patch notes and realized that it’s now or never to achieve the 150 clear.
Other users also say that they are now seizing the chance to really grind in Diablo 4 before it becomes impossible for them to reach such high levels with Season 8.
When is it over? Season 8 of Diablo 4 will start on April 29 and run until mid-July 2025.
Fear of the patch notes as motivation
What’s behind this: Normally, announcements of new patches and content demotivate players.
It usually becomes less fun to play the current content because players have already started thinking about the new stuff, and the current content then seems irrelevant and unappealing. Therefore, many developers hesitate to present upcoming expansions and patches early.
Mojang Studios have announced a visual upgrade for Minecraft (PC, Xbox One, PS4, every conceivable platform in the world). On March 22 at Minecraft Live, they explained their vision for the game, the Vibrant Visuals, and showcased the new graphics in a video.
Here’s the situation with the graphics in Minecraft: The graphics of Minecraft have remained largely unchanged since its Early Access launch in 2009. Before the release of the Java Edition in November 2011, there were some improvements.
Many players use their own shaders or textures to beautify the game. There is an active community around this.
But now Mojang is starting an offensive to improve the graphics without changing the gameplay. The project, which will unfold in several phases, is called “Vibrant Visuals.”
Here you can see the new graphics for Minecraft:
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Minecraft shows in the video how the graphics of the game will improve
“A new look that stays true to the creative principles”
This is the idea behind Vibrant Visuals: In a video lasting about four and a half minutes, two developers introduce the first changes: Jasper Boerstra (Art Director) and Jens Bergensten (Chief Creative Officer).
While Mojang wants to introduce a new look for Minecraft, they also want to stay true to the creative principles they follow:
Players will now be able to see sunlight streaming through forests or peeking behind mountains – the lighting looks much better now.
Eyes will now shine, such as with spiders.
Water, shadows, and deep caves have been given visual upgrades.
Everyone should be able to decide whether to use the improved graphics
This is how it will work: The idea is that players can decide for themselves whether to activate “Vibrant Visuals” as a setting. However, you can also play with players who prefer the old look.
The developers say it will be possible to enter old worlds, activate the new graphics, and view the world in its new form.
On the left is with Vibrant Visuals, on the right without.
When is this expected to happen? The developers are still vague about a specific update for visual improvements. They emphasize that Vibrant Visuals is meant to be the first step on a longer journey.
The improvement is announced for a period “in the coming months.” However, the improvement will not immediately come to the Java version but first is a Bedrock update.
Minecraft players react positively to the announcement of the new graphics
What is the reaction? The video showcasing the change has been well received. Especially the new lighting effects and shadows are praised.
One user on YouTube even cheers: “Minecraft 2 is finally here.”
Another user comments: “This looks absolutely amazing. I don’t want to belittle the shader community, but this is my new favorite. Everything looks fantastic.”
On reddit, a user explains: For hardcore players who already use mods, such an upgrade is one thing. But for the many players who play without mods and “vanilla,” such an upgrade is even more important.
Doubts about when the new graphics will come to Minecraft
Are there also critical comments? One player quips: “At the pace they are releasing updates, we should expect the update in 2028.”
Optimists believe, however, that the update could be expected as early as May 2025.
Naafiri has not had a good time in League of Legends since the release in 2023. The assassin for beginners had been struggling for quite some time and was rarely played. With the last patch, Riot aimed to address this, but it evidently worked a little too well. Shortly after the patch, she was nerfed as a hotfix.
What kind of champion is Naafiri?Naafiri was released as an assassin for beginners in 2023. Instead of complex abilities, she has a simple kit that can be used without much practice. However, she had not been particularly popular for quite a while. She was rarely played for a long time, and things were going pretty poorly for her in the jungle.
With patch 25.06 on March 19, 2025, that should change. She received a rework, her ultimate and W abilities were swapped and adjusted, and she also received improvements for the jungle. The rework fulfilled its purpose, probably better than expected, because just one day later, she was nerfed in a hotfix.
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The switch to the jungle has worked wonders for Naafiri
How is Naafiri doing now? While her pick rate in the midlane across all ranks was 1.8% and in the jungle 0.3% at the beginning of March, it has improved significantly according to U.GG (as of: March 22, 2025, 1:45 PM)
In the midlane, she has a pick rate of 3.7% across all ranks.
Her win rate in the midlane is currently 52.96%, making Naafiri the 3rd most successful midlaner of this patch.
The biggest change is in the jungle. There, she currently has a pick rate of 7.0%.
Her win rate in the jungle stands at 52.98%. Thus, she is currently the most successful jungler in the game across all ranks.
What her improvements look like in a graph has been shown by the LoL coach Thomas Yuen on x.com .
Both win rates are very high and indicate that her new kit is quite strong. The current statistics are also impressive because Naafiri was nerfed shortly after the patch release. Through a hotfix (via League of Legends Wiki), her base AD and life regeneration were slightly weakened.
However, this seems not to affect her success, as the statistics show. The streamer and professional jungler Lucas Larson even recommends on x.com that one should play Naafiri if they want to rank up before she gets nerfed more heavily.
What is the likelihood of a nerf? With a relatively high pick rate and such a good win rate in two positions, one can expect that Naafiri will receive more nerfs. However, since the patch only came out a few days ago, we will have to wait and see how the numbers develop. If you want to play an easy champion in the jungle, you should currently resort to Naafiri. Things are going pretty well for LoL on Twitch right now: LoL is the number 1 game on Twitch, sacrificing competitive integrity to stay that way
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The gaming of the last 10 years has been primarily defined by the genre of ‘Battle Royale’. Games like H1Z1, PUBG, Apex Legends, Fortnite, or Call of Duty: Warzone have thrilled millions of players and earned billions of US dollars. And it all hinges on a man who was not in good shape back in 2013.
Which Irishman is it about? In 2013, the Irishman Brendan Greene was pretty much at his wit’s end. The man was 37, freshly divorced, and almost broke – he was also stuck in Brazil and didn’t have enough money to get back home.
Greene had moved to Brazil in his early 30s and wanted to build a life there with his wife. But everything went wrong, and the marriage failed. Greene made a living as a wedding photographer and also designed websites on the side. He earned about $300 a month, as a business site reported in 2019 (via cnbc).
His only goal at that time was to somehow get back to his homeland Ireland. But he lacked the money for the plane ticket. He was stuck in his bedroom, working a little and playing video games because he couldn’t afford anything else, even though he wasn’t really a big gamer.
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PUBG creator Brendan Green presents his new game in the video
A Japanese film inspired him to invent a mode for shooters
How did he get into gaming: Because he was designing websites on the side, Greene knew a bit about programming, and he had played a little as a child and teenager, sometimes Black Hawk Down on the PlayStation 2, but he wasn’t really a proper gamer.
Nevertheless, he now entered the world of “mods” in Brazil. These are modifications for video games made by the players themselves.
The Japanese film “Battle Royale” (2000) appealed to him: In the parody of the relentless Japanese school system, teenagers are abducted to an island, given a random weapon or item, a frying pan or a submachine gun, and made to fight each other to the death in the wilderness.
In the West, a similar concept to Battle Royale became known through the later filmed book series “The Hunger Games”. However, the author of Hunger Games denies ever having heard of Battle Royale.
So Greene implemented exactly this idea for such a battle royale mode for existing video games, for Arma 2 and 3. He said he liked the idea because it was non-linear and played in a world where you would fail.
In December 2014, Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene was already such a big name that he held an AMA on reddit:
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That was his first success: By 2014, Greene had earned enough money to fly back to Ireland, where he moved back in with his parents and lived off state benefits.
His parents weren’t too excited that their son in his late 30s was now saying he wanted to develop free gaming mods.
They asked him if he made any money with it – “Not yet, maybe sometime later,” was his answer.
John Smedley was to become an important figure in Greene’s life.
But now an important person entered his life: John Smedley, a video game developer, was working for Sony Online Entertainment on H1Z1, a zombie survival game that wasn’t really progressing.
But Smedley, with a nose for trends, now offered Greene whether he wanted to join him as a consultant. From then on, Greene’s life developed like a dream.
3 years after Brazil, an Irishman gets his own game
Here’s how it went on: H1Z1 copied the idea from the Arma 3 mod and became a surprising hit with its variant “H1Z1: King of the Kill”.
Although the game was rough and never really matured, its game concept fascinated many players. At its peak on Steam, in July 2017, it reached 150,000 concurrent players.
H1Z1 also shaped a new generation of Twitch streamers: later stars like DrDisrespect and Ninja had their first successes here.
In 2016, the South Korean company Bluehole poached Greene and offered him the chance to develop his own game, which would even be named after Greene’s artist name: “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds or short PUBG.
PUBG became the dominant PC game in 2017. The mania around PUBG peaked in January 2018 on Steam: At that time, the game had 3.2 million concurrent players. And even though the hype for PUBG waned in the West, PlayerUnknown’s Battleground still has up to 905,000 players on Steam today, especially in Asia.
The avalanche ‘Battle Royale’ rolled in relentlessly from 2017
This is how his idea took over the genre: By 2017, the avalanche ‘Battle Royale’ had become so large thanks to PUBG that Greene no longer needed it to keep rolling.
PUBG had been developed with the Unreal Engine for the PC, so the engine developer Epic Games had always kept an eye on the game.
When their zombie survival game, planned as a summer hit, Fortnite, turned out to be a flop in late summer 2017, quickly running out of steam, Epic Games had the developers behind Unreal Tournament quickly set up a new version of Fortnite that strongly resembled PUBG.
With Fortnite Battle Royale, a megaseller was born, conquering Twitch, PC, and the PS4 and Xbox One consoles. Later, the game came to mobile.
After the megaseller Fortnite, ultimately also big companies like EA (Apex Legends) or Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty: Warzone) entered the business and were able to celebrate some successes. However, no game became as big as Fortnite did from late 2017 to mid-2019.
The success of Fortnite even culminated in a grand world championship as a live event, where millions of US dollars were at stake.
Why did Fortnite supplant the original PUBG in popularity? Fortnite had 4 big advantages:
Fortnite had a creative element through the building mechanics, which, in combination with the functioning battle royale mechanics, was extremely well received
Fortnite was released for consoles and was free to play.
With its comic look, where everyone is shooting but no one really gets hurt, it was apparently more attractive for children and teenagers than the previous military shooters
Epic Games, the company behind the game, was a sleeping giant, which now poured its enormous resources into Fortnite, expanding and developing the game at an insane pace. Bluehole, who were known for a moderately successful MMORPG before PUBG, could not keep up
The graph shows the global interest in popular battle royale shooters. Even if PUBG was much more relevant at its peak than Apex Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone later on, the original pales in comparison to the phenomenon Fortnite:
Fortnite (Blue) surpassed PUBG (Red) in December 2017 and never gave up that lead:
From welfare recipient to star developer
Here’s how Greene later perceived his success: In 2019, CNBC interviewed Greene and asked him how he felt now that just a few years after living off social welfare in Ireland, he was now such a star. He said:
I have traveled around the world two or three times just to meet fans and go to conventions [and] events. I love it.
While there are many rumors about him, that he is on a yacht sipping champagne, he actually works most of the time from 9 AM to 5 PM and leads a completely normal life. But the nice thing is that he can now provide for his family and daughter and no longer has to worry about many things:
I am amazed at how big a game mode I helped develop many years ago, from which an entire genre of games has evolved.
The last cinema movie that was released about One Piece was One Piece Film: Red. MyMMO editor Jasmin Beverungen liked the movie so much that she saw it in theaters twice. However, both times there was an incident, even at the same spot.
In the meantime, preparations for all the concerts I want to attend this year are complete. The tickets are secured and the hotels for the respective locations are booked. One of the concerts I plan to attend this year is Ado’s 2nd world tour.
The 23-year-old Japanese woman is a true exceptional talent. She is known for the versatility of her vocal range. In public, she never shows what she looks like. Instead, she darkens her silhouette. Nevertheless, her first world tour was completely sold out.
The international breakthrough came when she lent her singing voice to Uta in the movie One Piece Film: Red. I also became a fan only when I was able to hear her sing in the theater. However, while planning for the concert visit, an unpleasant situation came to my mind that I had to witness twice in the cinema.
You can see the trailer for the cinema movie here:
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One Piece Film: Red – The Official Trailer for the Anime Film in English
It got heated in the cinema at the same spot
The latest One Piece movie is something very special. I have seen it twice because it was released in France about a month before the German release date, but I cannot speak French. So at least I had already seen the pictures without knowing what it was about. Well, what wouldn’t a fan do?
The focus of One Piece Film: Red is on the story with Uta, Shanks’ adopted daughter. Uta is a singer who wants to end the suffering of people. To do this, she uses her singing to draw them into a dream world.
It’s little surprising that there are many songs in the cinema movie. This comes at the expense of comedy and action-packed brawls that are more common in other films. Uta is almost always in the spotlight and steals the show from everyone else.
Towards the end of the film, she starts a rather sad farewell song. Ideally, the moment should touch the audience, but at that moment, the frustration of the viewers, which had built up throughout the film, seems to have been released. And believe me, although I don’t speak French, the language of rejection is universally understandable.
Uta is in Shanks’ arms and begins to sing.
Suddenly, people in both cinema halls started to boo. Some viewers were heard loudly sighing, while others just had to laugh. In the middle of that, I heard an angry outburst, probably annoyed that there was still a song towards the end.
So yes, the songs really occur quite often. Out of the 1 hour and 55 minutes runtime, around half an hour consists of songs. However, it was made clear beforehand regarding the storyline that Luffy and his friends are attending a concert by Uta, which is inevitably related to music.
This is unfortunately also reflected in the ratings. Film: Red lands rather in the middle on IMDb, when looking at the ranking of all One Piece films. Nevertheless, it counts among my favorite films, especially because Ado delivers such a great performance.
I was not bothered by the songs, because not every One Piece movie needs groundbreaking fights or funny scenes. Through this, I discovered one of my favorite singers, who delivers banger after banger. Therefore, I am already looking forward to waving the glow sticks in the air and listening to Ado.
Have you experienced a really terrible cinema visit that stuck in your memory and ruined the movie for you? Feel free to write in the comments what you have experienced so far.
Space Marines are perhaps the most well-known part of the Warhammer 40,000 universe: pumped-up guys with superhuman strength and big guns. But what if a girl wants to join in? This question is answered in a book.
Space Marines are male. This is the common knowledge among fans. Nevertheless, many keep asking: Are there actually women among the Space Marines? There are official Warhammer stories that go through exactly such questions. On Reddit, a user posted a short excerpt from “The Last Days of Ector” by Guy Haley.
There, the Order of the Crimson Castellans wants to recruit new members from an underhive, that is, from the depths of a Macropole world. Usually, such a process involves undergoing various tests, which can vary depending on the order.
Among the candidates is a girl, Marny. And although she passes all the tests, she cannot become a Space Marine – but for a good reason.
Bulky, loyal, male – this is how most fans imagine Space Marines, and the portrayal aligns with this:
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Trailer for the brutal Warhammer series “Astartes II”
“The process would destroy her”
When selecting the recruits, the order priest Gorth explains what matters when you want to become a Space Marine: loyalty, teamwork, and combat prowess. All of this has been proven by Marny and her friends.
Gorth explains in his speech: “I have been watching you. You are steadfast and have the makings of a good warrior. But we are the sons of the sons of the Emperor. There are no women among us.”
And although Marny – as her friend Kal notes – has passed every test better than her peers, she is rejected with the reason: “The process that makes us what we are would destroy her, were we cruel enough to start it. That is the way of things. She must serve the Emperor in other ways, if at all.”
Fairness, Gorth continues, is not a criterion for selection. Utility, on the other hand, is.
Whether the explanation is actually entirely correct cannot be said for sure; at least, that is the view of the Crimson Castellans. One fact is, however, that the creation of a Space Marine literally eradicates the original human.
How does one actually become a Space Marine?
Strictly speaking, Space Marines are no longer men, but genderless. They have neither the ability for natural reproduction, nor do they possess any kind of sexual drive – except maybe if they succumb to the Chaos God Slaanesh.
Nevertheless, Space Marines are portrayed with traditionally masculine traits and all known recruits were once men. The process of becoming a Space Marine removes the concept of gender very rigorously.
The super-soldiers are simply no longer human. In a procedure of up to 20 steps, depending on the order, various bred organs are implanted into the recruit, including:
Glands and organs that harden the skeleton and stimulate muscle growth
Implants that make blood more efficient and allow wounds to heal faster
In addition, there are further modifications that make the Space Marine immune to most poisons, allow him to be awake and sleep at the same time, or even give him the ability to learn from what he eats – however that works.
For the procedure, the young men must be between 10 and 14 years old, otherwise, they either would not survive or would be too old for the changes. And even then, success is not guaranteed.
Spoiler Alert: Here you find out the ending of the novel “The Last Days of Ector”
Marny knew that the chances of becoming a Space Marine were basically zero. However, she had hoped to at least be accepted among the order servants, or “Serfs,” through her performance. Order servants are the people who could not become Space Marines for various reasons but still help the order in other ways. They are an elite among humans.
However, she later gets another chance to prove herself and hunts a Lictor along with Kal and the Crimson Castellan Yoth during a Tyranid invasion – one of the most dangerous Tyranids there are. The team manages to evacuate the attacked planet.
In the comments on Reddit, some fans criticize that this is a lame way out for the author – however, it fits perfectly into the world of Warhammer 40,000. Something like that would have happened exactly like this. And even if Marny had failed, she could still easily become a commissar or Tempestus Scion – some of the best fighters of the Imperium.
The world of Dungeons & Dragons is full of adventures, challenges, and also quite unpleasant encounters. Some of them are extremely powerful, others a bit absurd – but some are truly terrifying. We have selected 7 monsters that can really scare players.
How was the selection made? This list includes monsters that are particularly creepy and grotesque, whether through their appearance, their abilities, or both together. Besides other well-known monsters like the Beholder or Mind Flayer, the monsters on this list are not selected based on their strength or fame – but by their ability to create absolute horror.
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Here you see the trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves:
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – Second Official Trailer for the Movie
Chattering Hundred-Mouth
Chattering Hundred-Mouth
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Type: Aberration
Challenge Rating: 2
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Chattering Hundred-Mouths are viscous masses made from the remains of their victims, equipped with multiple eyes, mouths, and teeth. They scream incessantly and utter only utter nonsense. Furthermore, each mouth comes from a different victim. Thus, there are multiple voices at once, providing no rest.
One Hundred-Mouth is only silent when devouring another victim. Its sole goal is to seek out and devour any creature that comes too close.
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