The German streamer Kevin “Papaplatte” Teller (27) has become almost the most-watched streamer in the world on Twitch in the last 7 days. He is touring Europe with his podcast partner Reeze and streams 12 hours every day. Only a worldwide major event in League of Legends costs Papaplatte his spot in the sun.
How strong is Papaplatte on Twitch right now? In the last 7 days, from September 29 to October 5, Papaplatte was able to increase his viewer hours, the most important statistic on Twitch, by 220%. With 4.27 million viewer hours, he is performing extremely well and ranks second worldwide.
During this time, he has streamed for 85 hours and had an average of 50,319 viewers – peaking at 77,408 concurrent viewers. Papaplatte is on air for about 12 hours every day.
In terms of financially lucrative subs, he is at the top of the German Twitch scene according to Twitch Tracker, with 40,170 (approximately 85,000 €), surpassing German streamers EliasN97 and Zarbex. Internationally, however, Papaplatte is far from the top spots – IronMouse is leading with almost 300,000 subs here.
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Papaplatte and Reeze in the RV dominate Twitch
How is Papaplatte winning Twitch? Papaplatte has been touring Europe in an RV with his podcast partner “Reeze” for a week. They call it “Premium Tour 3.0” after their podcast “Edeltalk”, where Papaplatte once experienced a legendary defeat.
The tour started on September 28 and is mainly aimed at Southeast Europe, with destinations including the Czech Republic, Romania, and Albania.
The English-speaking Twitch streamer Caedrel, an expert in League of Legends, broadcasts and comments on every match through the “Co-Streaming” program of Riot Games. He uses the official Riot stream but overlays his voice onto the matches.
The combination of a huge e-sport event and an influencer who comes across personally and offers skilled analysis is popular in LoL. More people watch the individual streamer than the professional teams that usually cover the e-sport. This was also a phenomenon in Germany around the streamer Tolkin. In Spain, people watch Ibai.
Such a thing rarely exists in the USA in this form. Mizkif occasionally does something like a bootcamp where influencers get fit. However, Mizkif is also someone who consciously looks to Europe and streamers like Papaplatte to find new ideas. Otherwise, the bloodless “reaction meta” largely dominates in the USA.
Big events, like a boxing event, do happen sometimes, such as in Spain, but these are events for one evening. Such longer projects over several days are a German thing.
In Germany, this form of Twitch has been especially advanced by Knossi since 2021 with events that resemble RTL2 formats like “the Fishing Camp” or Celebrity Big Brother. The streamer Skyline-TV, who also serves as the cameraman for Knossi and MontanaBlack, has established high-quality IRL streams.
As it has now become known, Blizzard employees bullied the author Andy Weir from the company. This happened about 30 years ago, during the time of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. Weir was in his mid-20s back then, a programmer, and dreamed of working for Blizzard. But after his infamous end, he became a sci-fi author and wrote “The Martian,” a massive hit.
Andy Weir complained in the early 90s that he had to work unpaid overtime as a programmer. After he complained, the other Blizzard employees made it clear to him that he did “not fit into the culture of Blizzard”. From then on, he was ignored or humiliated.
Weir says that so many people were mean to him that he felt it was his fault. He also admits that he made some mistakes, but in his view, hardly anyone cared about him or trained him properly. After a year at Blizzard, he was fired.
Weir says: He was devastated because working for Blizzard was his dream job. Weir had started a computer science degree but dropped out. At Blizzard, he worked on Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.
This is where Andy Weir is known from:
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Programmer becomes sci-fi author and is praised for his scientific accuracy
What happened next for him? Weir proved to have enormous potential as a sci-fi author. He published the sci-fi novel “The Martian” in 2011, many years after his time at Blizzard, which was later successfully adapted into a film starring Matt Damon and received an Oscar nomination.
The film has repeatedly been praised for its extremely high scientific accuracy. An employee with such ability would surely have been valuable at Blizzard, had those skills been recognized.
Weir is not a “one-hit wonder” but has written other successful sci-fi novels that sold well, such as Project Hail Mary.
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Money and a bad work atmosphere have been ongoing issues at Blizzard
Is this typical for Blizzard? As gamedeveloper reports from Schreier’s book, “Blizzard pays poorly and demands overtime” seems to be a recurring theme in the glorious history of the company.
There have reportedly always been issues regarding Blizzard’s salary structure. In many cases, the base salary was low, but there were high bonuses offered. However, these bonuses were always in jeopardy if things didn’t go as planned.
For instance, in 2005, those who worked on WoW reportedly received only small bonuses of around $2,000. In 1998, during StarCraft’s development, developers were told they would receive no bonus because the game was finished too late.
Anyway, it seems that things at Blizzard can get wild sometimes: It is said that some of the studio heads constantly contradicted each other, costing everyone in the team time and nerves. The bosses Metzen and Pardo reportedly had a heated argument about StarCraft II for an hour while the entire team watched.
Metzen said: It must be pink. Pardo immediately said it must be blue and only an idiot would make it pink. It was painful to watch.
Moreover, the people at Blizzard are such hardcore gamers that excessively long gaming sessions in Ultima Online delayed work on Diablo 2.
In recent weeks, there have been a growing number of major flops in huge gaming productions. Companies like Sony and Ubisoft are taking on big projects costing hundreds of millions of dollars, but they are failing. Games like Concord, Suicide Squad, or Star Wars Outlaws are falling short of expectations. Studios like Ubisoft are struggling. However, one game has recently been successful, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2.
This is what the Creative Head of Space Marine 2 says: In an interview with IGN, Chief Creative Officer Tim Willis discusses the current crisis in AAA gaming.
Willis states that the problem is not, as some believe, that AAA games take so long to develop that they release in genres that are no longer trendy, like the brutally flopped hero shooter Concord.
He says: Some AAA games completely overdo it with features and scope. The new AAA games are much too large in design.
With Space Marine 2, the focus was on the core of the game, while keeping an eye on the game’s scope. Therefore, they were even praised for making Space Marine 2 feel like an action game from the Xbox 360 era.
Even HandOfBlood had fun with the shooter:
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Space Marine 2 exemplifies full focus on the gameplay loop
This is crucial for him: Willis says that one must focus on the “core gameplay loop”—the sequence of actions that players perform repeatedly in a game:
It is not necessarily the genre that has evolved, because great games will always sell well. One of the things we at Saber try to do […] is the conviction that what you do every second and what happens when you press those buttons, and this central gameplay loop is so crucial. So, we focus on the interaction between individual moments of the game and on the feeling that one has during those moments.
And then we stick to our core principles: Be the ultimate space marine, melee combat, ranged combat, swarms, that’s all. Many teams overload their games during development. They look at another game that has just come out and say: ‘Oh, we need to do that, we need to add this, we need to do this.’ In doing so, they lose sight of what is essential: namely, what truly makes the game enjoyable.
We are not making in Space Marine 2 […] revolutionary new gameplay mechanics that no one has ever seen. There are gameplay mechanics that people are familiar with, but we do them really, really well. And we execute them very, very effectively.
Sales expectations are unrealistically high for overloaded games
This is the advantage of the system: By having a coherent narrative, Space Marine 2 was able to keep the budget manageable, explains Willis. Thus, one does not have to achieve overly ambitious sales figures to make a profit.
Willis says: Many games currently being developed in North America, especially in California, need to sell 5 million copies to not be considered a flop.
In what business is it acceptable to say: “You’ve failed if you haven’t sold 5 million copies?”
Space Marine 2 had about half the budget of Doom Eternal. For Space Marine 2 to be a success, it simply did not need to sell as many games as other titles, explains Willis.
This is the essence: The philosophy can be summarized as “Do little, but do what you do perfectly.” This is how some of the best eateries in the world operate, with only one dish that is perfected to a high degree.
Apparently, the “main dish” in gaming is the gameplay loop—the actual gameplay that repeats endlessly.
The new MMORPG Throne and Liberty is experiencing heavy traffic over the weekend of October 5th and 6th, perhaps too much. The new online role-playing game has once again set a record with 315,065 concurrent players on Steam. The peak was reached Saturday night at 10 PM. On top of that, there are players on PS5 and Xbox. However, the influx of players is causing issues. Players are complaining about connection problems and crashes. Amazon is now addressing these issues.
This is the issue with Throne and Liberty: It is known that some servers of Throne and Liberty are currently unstable and causing many connection drops. Players are either unable to establish a connection or unable to maintain it.
Amazon states: All these problems have a cause, and they are currently working on it.
The influx is simply so large that the gate servers are overwhelmed and are preventing players from connecting to the servers. These gate servers are a “bottleneck.”
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Some servers are reportedly full and do not allow players on
This problem is also annoying many: Amazon will also change something about the issue that prevents you from playing with friends on their servers because it is not possible to create new characters on their servers.
Players are reading messages like: “Unable to create character on the Server (10).”
However, this is just a display error: In reality, the server is only temporarily full, the limit of creatable characters has not been reached. Amazon states they know it is an inconvenience when trying to play with friends, but server caps are also important to prevent the queues from becoming too long.
They are currently working on these issues. On some North American servers, the capacity has already been increased in places.
Amazon is addressing many small problems in Throne and Liberty
This is what Amazon says: Players who are irritated that settings like keyboard layouts have disappeared or even entire characters should not worry about that.
No data has been lost – the characters are still there, they just cannot be seen right now, due to congested servers in the backend.
They also know that some servers that were in Early Access on Steam are experiencing problems with the auction house; these have been isolated. Here, they have discovered the cause and are working on it.
WoW demon Cortyn has thoroughly “misallocated” some characters in the professions – and now warns you not to take these specializations ever.
The professions system in World of Warcraft The War Within is largely based on the new system from Dragonflight. Although the specializations of the individual professions have changed in some cases, most of the core remains the same.
However, the fact that not everything runs 100% smoothly is especially shown by a few specializations of the gathering professions. One should definitely avoid these if one does not want to waste numerous knowledge points.
Because I play several alternate characters that essentially have herbalism and mining on the side to supply my remaining characters, I have invested in different specializations for these alternate characters. One is particularly good at mining bismuth, another at aqirit, and yet another mines Arathor’s spear better than anyone else.
But there are two specializations that I want to warn you about emphatically. Because with those, you are throwing your knowledge points directly into the trash.
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Mining Lodes – The ores that don’t even exist
If you have invested in “Mining Fundamentals” as a miner to be able to mine ores without dismounting, you will surely wonder in the end: Should I invest in “Rich Veins” or in “Lodes”? Both can consume up to 25 points and make you better at mining rich ore veins or lodes.
To cut it short: Invest in Rich Veins. Always.
Lodes are extremely rare. In the three weeks of gameplay during which I spent a lot of time farming, I probably came across maybe 15 lode deposits and certainly several hundred rich ore deposits.
As if that weren’t already bitter enough, lodes are usually deep in some caves, so you have to fight through many enemies just to reach them.
Moreover, you can completely ignore that The War Within takes place 80% in a cave anyway; after all, everything is underground. You will still primarily find the lodes in regular caves (which are already in caves). Very rarely can you also find a lode in a riverbed – but it simply isn’t worth the points.
Mulching consumes 40 knowledge points and endless gold
However, things are even worse with the specialization “Mulching” in the herbalism profession. In theory, it sounds like a nice specialization since you can process mycopract into mulch. If you invest a whopping 40 knowledge points into the project, you even get two additional variants of mulch.
Mulch can be used once and grants a bonus to your finesse. The finesse grants a bonus chance to find additional herbs of the same type when harvesting. But let’s first take a look at how World of Warcraft describes the various mulch types:
Magical Mulch: Covers the next herbs you want to collect to receive a medium amount of finesse.
Enchanted Mulch: Covers the next herbs you want to collect to receive a large amount of finesse.
Powerful Mulch: Covers the next herbs you want to collect to receive a huge amount of finesse.
20 points already thrown into the bin. A mistake that should not be repeated.
What sounds like a nice bonus in theory is complete nonsense. Because when you try out the different mulch types, you see the bonus to finesse in absolute numbers:
Magical Mulch provides 2% finesse.
Enchanted Mulch provides 3% finesse.
Powerful Mulch provides 5% finesse.
Depending on the mulch used, you have an increased chance of 2% to 5% of getting a few additional herbs when gathering flowers next. That doesn’t sound so bad on paper, but as soon as you look at the costs for producing mulch, that thought crumbles immediately. In parentheses, you always see the current price that one would have to pay for the materials in the auction house.
Magical Mulch costs 5 Mycopract. (75 gold)
Enchanted Mulch costs 10 Mycopract and 2 Ley Line Residues. (450 gold)
Powerful Mulch costs 15 Mycopract and 4 Green Spores. (325 gold)
Since a Powerful Mulch provides 5% finesse, this means that these 5% lead to getting additional flowers in 1 out of 20 cases. That means you would have to spend 6,500 gold (20×325) in order to benefit from the mulch on average just once. And that is the grand “bonus” you get for investing 40 points of profession knowledge. Grand.
Even if these 5% finesse were to trigger and you were really lucky to receive, for example, 5 golden “Arathor’s Spears”, you would then earn 1,000 gold. Even in this absolutely utopian case, that would still be a loss of 5,500 gold.
I assume that Blizzard will adjust these specializations in one of the upcoming patches because their usefulness is currently extremely poor. At least the mulch is a pure waste of time and gold that fulfills no use even in the cheapest case.
If you want to ensure that you do not waste your profession knowledge as a gathering profession, then you should definitely stay away from the two specializations I have presented here. Because no matter how I turn it – they sound like a pure waste of resources. Farming gold is actually easier than ever right now.
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If you’re playing Space Marine 2 – or pretty much any other game in Warhammer 40,000 – you’ll be relentlessly bombarded with bizarre words. But things like Vox are not complicated technical terms; they’re simply part of the world’s language. MeinMMO explains what lies behind them.
If you’re wondering what the hell the task: “Interact with the Cogitator” is supposed to mean, you’re certainly not alone. Space Marine 2 attracts a ton of players who have no real clue about Warhammer – and who can’t make heads or tails of such terms.
Behind such strange expressions are actually quite simple terms. So why doesn’t the game simply use the word “computer”? Strictly speaking: Because a Cogitator functions like a computer but is not one.
Space Marine 2 had to adhere to numerous guidelines, and it is quite possible that such terms are part of that. Essentially, it simply reflects that over the history of Warhammer 40,000, the language has evolved and is no longer what you know today.
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No one speaks English, German, or any other ‘dead’ language anymore
Space Marine 2 takes place, like almost all games in the Warhammer 40k universe, in the 41st millennium. The language has therefore had quite a lot of time to develop. And just by looking at the new terms in Cyberpunk 2077, it should become clear that you won’t get far with German or English when dealing with the Adeptus Astartes.
In the Imperium of Man, there is basically only one language left: Gothic. However, there are still subdivisions:
High Gothic is the language that was supposedly spoken by the Emperor, the holy language of the Imperium. According to the story, High Gothic is a mix of English, European, and Pacific languages.
Low Gothic is derived from High Gothic and has countless dialects that are spoken across the thousands of worlds and planets of the Imperium and have evolved over time.
Basically, no one speaks High Gothic as their mother tongue. The language is roughly equivalent to medieval Latin, and just like Latin, the average person cannot understand a word of it. High Gothic is primarily used by the Inquisition, the nobility, or during sacred rituals. The language of the people is Low Gothic.
In the world of Warhammer, you can recognize Gothic by the pseudo-Latin used in some terms. The fact that words like “computer” are still not easily readable is partly due to the long history of Warhammer and a millennium-long tech war.
A remnant of this is that servitor robots are made from humans instead of being purely technical. Here is a small dictionary with the most common terms and what they roughly mean:
Vox – Radio
Cogitator – Computer
Auspex – Scanner
Servitor – A lobotomized human who no longer has free will and whose body has been largely replaced by machine parts
Xenos – literally “non-human”, essentially aliens
(Adeptus) Astartes – Space Marines
Adeptus Mechanicus – The “tech department” of the Imperium
Astra Militarum – The imperial army
Magos – A high rank in the Adeptus Mechanicus
Heresy or Heretic – Heresy or Heretic; used for anyone who turns away from the Emperor and, for example, worships Chaos
Exterminatus – The complete destruction of a planet, such as by igniting the atmosphere and blowing up the core
Immaterium or Warp – The realm of Chaos, through which humans must travel to quickly get to other locations
Nerds have their own language and disdain “meat speech”
However, Warhammer wouldn’t be Warhammer if there were only one language. Of course, it has to be a bit more complicated. After all, not all citizens of the Imperium speak Gothic; there is another, very widespread language: Lingua Technis, or “the binary language.”
The Lingua Technis cannot be spoken or understood by “normal” humans because it consists of various noise sounds and interference noises generated by cybernetic implants.
The idea behind this language is the ability to transmit information quickly and directly without room for interpretation – essentially binary. The information is either correct or it is not; there should not be any way to interpret it. A tech-priest in the RPG Rogue Trader says: “Binhärspeech is more informative, ergonomic, and less prone to misinterpretation.”
Additionally, in Warhammer 40,000, there are also Astropaths. They are akin to long-range satellite communication, except that instead of machines, magically gifted humans function as transmitters and receivers.
Corresponding messages are transported through the Warp, and communication makes Astropaths susceptible to the influence of Chaos. Accordingly, these individuals quickly go insane and usually do not live long. In detail, an “astropathic choir” can be observed in Rogue Trader: The RPG for Warhammer 40k on Steam gives me as a fan exactly what I miss in Space Marine 2
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The World Championships in League of Legends have started and the first favorite has stumbled: the Chinese champion Bilibili Gaming loses the match against LNG Esports. The decisive player was midlaner Lee “Scout” Ye-Chan (26), who actually wasn’t allowed to travel to Europe. Meanwhile, Germany is cheering for G2 and Caps and is following along on Twitch. Let’s take a look at the most important results of the first two days of the Swiss Stage of the LoL Worlds 2024.
What is the surprise at the LoL Worlds?
The big surprise is that the favorite for the World Championship victory, Bilibili Gaming, lost against LNG Esports, another team from China. This was not anticipated. LNG Esports barely qualified for the Worlds, while Bilibili Gaming dominated the Chinese league LPL in 2024.
The match was a first highlight of the Worlds: LNG managed to win the match with an outstanding midlaner Scout on Yone (7 kills, with only one death). It was questionable whether Scout could even participate in the tournament, as a legal dispute with his former team jeopardized the participation of this key player.
In Bilibili Gaming, knight plays as one of the midlaners on whom the eyes of the world are fixated. The 24-year-old has been considered a massive talent and a rising star in LoL for years, but he has yet to prove his class internationally.
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A lot of money and effort apparently could resolve the situation around Scout
How could Scout still participate in the Worlds? According to reports from South Korea (via reddit), Scout’s participation was allegedly hanging by a thread. The South Korean is involved in a legal dispute, and as an immigrant, he is actually not allowed to leave China. However, the World Championship takes place in Europe. Therefore, participation was not possible.
The precarious situation had to be clarified under significant time pressure, as Scout’s team could only qualify at the last moment.
Allegedly, Scout’s agency resolved the situation and showed “excessive support,” meaning they really went all out. Apparently, a high bail had to be posted to make this work and allow Scout to travel to Europe.
Scout also impressed against DK Plus:
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How are the other favorites doing? Two teams are already through, these are Gen G., who managed to defeat three teams from Asia and started the tournament strongly. They are considered favorites to win the World Championship in 2024.
Their midlaner Chovy is alongside knight the second star still missing the big international success and could inherit Faker as the face of LoL.
Unfortunately awesome: Chovy and Gen G. defeat the South Korean champion Hanwha Life.
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The second team that has already qualified for the knockout round with a 3-0 record is LNG Esports with Scout, who were able to defeat Bilibili Gaming along with Dplus KIA and Showmaker.
Which game had the German fans fully engaged? The German fans were especially excited on Friday afternoon when the top European team G2 had to face the champion from South Korea, Hanwha Life Esports.
The Europeans around Caps managed to keep the match balanced for a long time, but in the end, a small mistake in the fight at Baron caused G2 to be overwhelmed without a chance.
The German co-stream by Tolkin reached a peak of 44,575 viewers on Twitch:
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The 5 teams from the West fight for survival in LoL
How are the teams from the West faring? Not well at all. Fnatic, G2 Esports, and FLYQUEST each managed to win one match, but only against the absolute underdogs from the smaller regions.
The developer of Terraria, one of the highest-rated games on Steam, plays the MMORPG RuneScape and knows no breaks. Even at concerts, he has to fish to collect all the XP.
That players tend to spend a bit more time in MMORPGs and put other activities on hold – that’s a given. Most fans of online role-playing games likely feel this way.
However, the developer of Terraria has now returned to the online role-playing game “Old School RuneScape” after many years and apparently plays it so excessively that he even fishes in the game at concerts.
Old School RuneScape has also been on Steam for quite some time:
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Who is it about? It’s about Andrew Spinks, the creator of the Steam hit Terraria. Most will likely know him as “Redigit”; under this name, he is also active on the platform X among others.
What has he done? A few weeks ago, Redigit announced that he would be diving back into the MMORPG “Old School RuneScape” – and he has followed through on that. It really seems that he is so addicted to the game that he spends almost every free minute on it or at least makes it look that way.
He shows pictures from a Slipknot concert, praising the band for their great performance – while it’s clear that Redigit is holding a smartphone in his hand. Not to film the band during their performance, but to fish in RuneScape.
What is he aiming for? The RuneScape account on X then asks about his fishing skill, to which Redigit replies: “I’m just saying, if ‘Add Terra Blade’ ever appears in your polls, that would be fine with me.”
A little hint that they should include an Easter egg related to Terraria in RuneScape.
Redigit later explains that RuneScape has also influenced his other gaming experiences. He supposedly named his auction house character in World of Warcraft “Itams Plex” (a reference to “Items pls”), because begging in RuneScape was so efficient. With that, he allegedly financed “half of the level 60 mounts of [his] guild, because he was such a good scammer”.
Dragon Ball has, alongside a few series, also received countless movies, and of course, there are iconic villains among them. In this ranking, we want to answer the question of who the strongest movie villain is.
How was this list created? In this list, we only consider opponents who appeared in the various Dragon Ball movies. Characters who later appeared in the series are also included.
Relevant for the ranking is the current status of the protagonists at the time of the movie and which transformations were important to defeat the opponent.
Honorable Mentions: The evil Goku-impersonator Turles and the nasty Namekian Lord Slug narrowly missed the list, yet they are two fan favorites that are still represented in many games today.
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10. Cooler/ Metal Cooler
Image from Dragon Ball Z – The Movie: Revenge for Freezer
Film appearances:Dragon Ball Z – The Movie: Revenge for Freezer, Dragon Ball Z – The Movie: Cooler’s Return
Who is Cooler? Cooler is the brother of Freezer and the son of King Cold, who comes to Earth after Freezer’s death to get rid of Goku. After being defeated by him, he returned in Cooler’s Return to Planet Namek. There he merged with the Tech-Star Ghetti. He was also defeated by Goku and Vegeta here.
Cooler managed to achieve a new transformation of his race even before Golden Freezer. Otherwise, he fights similarly to his brother, with a bit more impact. Ultimately, however, he was defeated by Vegeta and Goku using the simple Super Saiyan.
9. Cyborg 13
Image from Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO
Film appearances:Dragon Ball Z: The Movie: Attack of the Cyborgs
Who is Cyborg 13? Cyborg 13 is a film-exclusive cyborg, built similarly to 16, 17, and 18 to kill Son Goku. To do that, he absorbs 2 other film-exclusive cyborgs. Ultimately, however, he is defeated by Goku as a Super Saiyan.
Cyborg 13 fought against Piccolo, Vegeta, Goku, and Trunks, managing to hold his own against the four for a brief period. Ultimately, however, Goku defeated him when he absorbed the Genkidama. He is only ranked 9th on the list because Goku had not yet reached Super Saiyan 2, but still managed to take him down.
Throne and Liberty is a paradise for min-maxers and competitive players. As this continues to affect casual players, a sad example from the early access phase illustrates this.
What happened to the player? A buyer of the early access version of Throne and Liberty reports in a Steam review (via Reddit) that he was kicked out of his guild because he could not play on the second day of early access and had to go to work.
Single case? EmzysErock writes under the post (via Reddit): “I was also kicked out. I experienced a tornado, and then a chlorine factory near me caught fire, and we had to leave the city.”
It is also evident elsewhere that Throne and Liberty attracts numerous competitive players who want to get the most out of the MMORPG. Individual players expressed their displeasure as early as the second day of early access because someone in the dungeon group did not know the boss mechanics, or they left the instance immediately.
The demands of some guilds could hardly be higher, with reports of a minimum online time of six to seven hours (via Reddit).
Our talk with MeinMMO and GameStar about Throne and Liberty:
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In addition, guild sizes are heavily limited. Initially, 70 people can fit into such a community. But when those are found, and other exciting newcomers are knocking at the gate, some guilds begin to filter out; those who do not keep up or invest too little are kicked out.
However, some comments under the post also show that not every player is keen on min-maxing. Sinister_Saiyans writes on Reddit: “You need to join our guild. Filthy Casuals. A group of people aged 30+, most of them married with children.”
A former Bethesda employee who worked on The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim presents his first own game. In addition to a trailer, there is also a free demo available on Steam.
What kind of game is it? The Axis Unseen is a horror shooter with a heavy metal touch. The game is a project by solo developer Nathan Purkeypile, who served as a Senior World/Lighting Artist on Skyrim and Fallout 4.
In a new trailer, the developer announced a release date for The Axis Unseen. The game will be released on October 22, 2024, on Steam and in the Epic Games Store. Those who want to try it out beforehand can download a free demo on Steam.
You can watch the mentioned trailer for the game here:
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What does the trailer show? The Axis Unseen sends you on the hunt for monsters from folklore. You can poke them with swords in close combat, but your primary weapon will be your bow. With it, you can shoot different types of arrows.
The various types of arrows available to you can interact with each other in different ways. For instance, wind arrows are supposed to make flames ignited by fire arrows spread more quickly.
A Creepy World and a Lot of Heavy Metal
The game clearly shows that a World Artist is at work here: The game world looks truly impressive, and the lighting mood is also appealing in the trailer. The landscape looks beautifully eerie without ending up in a dark uniform mush.
The creatures in the game all look like they escaped from the cover of a heavy metal album: humanoid figures with long claws, deformed deer-like beings, and goat men are just a few of the monsters already shown in the trailer.
The visuals are complemented by a matching metal soundtrack by Clifford Meyer. He became known for his work with the post-metal bands Isis and Red Sparowes.
The current raid in World of Warcraft is receiving a lot of praise – even from former Blizzard employees who are rediscovering their love for WoW.
The latest expansion of World of Warcraft continues to ride a wave of acclaim. Even former Blizzard employees, who have long turned their backs on the company and many games from Blizzard, are now actively playing again and have nothing but praise for many features.
The raid “Palace of Nerub’ar” is particularly praised because the boss fights are simply fun – especially the final fight, which is even praised by former Blizzard employee Pirate Software.
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WoW Cinematic: Threads of Destiny
Who is this? The streamer Jason Thor Hall, known as “Pirate Software” on YouTube and Twitch, has worked in the past for companies like Amazon Games, as well as Blizzard. At Blizzard, he was responsible for identifying botters and cheaters, punishing them, or developing countermeasures to detect or prevent such behaviors more quickly.
For several years now, Pirate Software has been a successful streamer, and you may have seen him in “YouTube Shorts”, where he often discusses the inner workings of video games and their development.
What kind of boss fight is he praising? Pirate Software is talking about the fight against Queen Ansurek. She is the current boss in the raid “Palace of Nerub’ar”. She is the queen of the Nerubian empire and is in cahoots with Xal’atath – at least until her death at the end of the fight.
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What makes the fight so special? Even though Blizzard usually comes up with some interesting mechanics for end bosses, they seem to have put extra thought into Queen Ansurek, as there are a variety of mechanics that the whole raid must respond to. Pirate Software enthusiastically talks about the individual boss fight phases:
In the first phase, all characters must gather in a small circle without touching the center. Once the boss sends out a deadly wave, someone must reach the center of the circle so that all characters are thrown over the wave.
Later, all characters are summoned at intervals and die if they touch Ansurek. However, they must keep getting closer in order to deal damage.
The group must split up and kill mobs at the right spot to be thrown onto higher levels by an explosion.
In the final phase, characters must place two portals so that the whole group can reposition at the right moment to avoid another devastating ability. If the portals are placed incorrectly, most will die.
Some viewers rightly pointed out that some of these mechanics – like placing portals or pushing – have been used in previous boss fights. These mechanics were partially present in the Mausoleum of the First or the Vault of the Incarnations. However, the combination of so many abilities that require group interaction seems to be particularly well-received by Pirate Software. But he is also known for weeding out addons from his raid members.
How did you like the current boss in World of Warcraft: The War Within? Have you already conquered the raid on normal or heroic difficulty? Or are you only daring to enter the LFR or even the story mode, which can be completed alone but skips many mechanics?
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The streamer sarahtoninx9 has only been streaming on Twitch for a few months, yet she has already achieved a lot during this time. Now, she quit her job live on stream. MeinMMO editor Lydia spoke with the streamer.
Who is the streamer? Sarah has been regularly streaming as “sarahtoninx9” since mid-June 2024 on Twitch. There, she showcases games like League of Legends and Valorant or chats with her viewers in Just Chatting – on average, about 200, often 400, and at peak times even 900 viewers tune in simultaneously (via SullyGnome).
With her humorous style, the self-proclaimed “Yapperin” quickly won fans, but she also causes some controversy. For instance, there was an uproar when she gave away small cans of alleged bathwater at gamescom 2024.
After that, everything went very quickly: Sarah became a Twitch partner and joined the influencer agency INSIGHT, which also has two of the biggest German streamers, Reved and HoneyPuu, under contract.
In September, she was able to double her followers once again, partly thanks to a Subathon, and she now has over 10,000. This success in such a short time enabled the streamer to quit her side job – and she did it live on Twitch in a very stylish manner.
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Resignation in Front of Hundreds of Viewers on Twitch
What was that for a situation? Sarah, who was in a marathon stream on Twitch from September 11 to October 3, 2024, decided last week to quit her part-time job, which she had alongside her studies and Twitch.
She revealed to her viewers that she had never really quit before. She seemed a bit nervous: Everything is happening so quickly, it doesn’t feel real yet.
On X, there was encouragement, but also skepticism: Quitting right away because things went well in the stream for a month?
You can see the decisive moment here:
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Even after a few days, Sarah still stands by her decision, as she told me in conversation. That the resignation was directly visible live on stream apparently just happened: Due to her Subathon, the streamer was almost live 24 hours a day anyway.
Moreover, she had never quit before, the streamer continued, and the Twitch chat would “professionally backseat” anyway.
Focus on Twitch, the State Exam Can Wait
When asked how her law studies would proceed, Sarah explained to me that she has already completed her exams. She plans to take the state exam at some point, as it would be a shame to waste all the time and work she put into her studies.
But not now; the focus will be fully on content creation for the time being: not just Twitch, but also continuing on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram, as the streamer reveals. “The state exam is a problem for future Sarah.”
Everything is happening so quickly that she doesn’t have time to reflect on it, Sarah tells me. “I try to stay cool, but everything is really so crazy, I feel so blessed.”
Anyone who now wants to follow in the streamer’s footsteps should think carefully about it: As a part-time job, Twitch is only partially suitable, as it is simply too uncertain an income source. “I just had enormous luck,” Sarah explains. Now she can (hopefully) live her dream.
However, the streamer also knows that luck alone is not enough; behind the success lies a lot of planning that may not always be obvious to outsiders. From topic selection to speaking style in her short videos, everything is carefully thought out (via TikTok).
On September 26, Sarah reached another milestone in her still young career. She was featured in the “unofficial Best of Twitch” from Satter Hugo on YouTube.
Rockstar Games has created many iconic characters with GTA. But which protagonists are the 5 coolest?
How is this list composed? We examined the different parts of Grand Theft Auto and compared the protagonists of the games.
In composing the rankings, we focused on the character traits of each person and how, if at all, they change throughout the story. The more unique a character, the better.
An important factor was whether the characters follow certain principles, ideals, or goals. For example, Claude from GTA 3 is not included in our ranking because his story largely revolves around seeking personal revenge – and in the meantime, simply doing jobs for various gangsters.
Rank 5: Carl Johnson – GTA San Andreas
What is CJ’s story?
Carl Johnson (CJ) returns to his hometown of Los Santos after the murder of his mother.
In Los Santos, Carl learns that his old gang is going through a tough time due to drug problems and internal disputes.
He decides to help the gang regain its former strength together with his brother, but is soon betrayed by his former friends Ryder and Big Smoke.
CJ has to leave Los Santos but soon meets the leader of the San Fierro Triads, Wu Zi Mu, who owns a casino in Las Venturas.
With Wu Zi Mu, CJ enters into a significant collaboration, during which CJ robs a rival casino.
After a while, CJ returns to Los Santos and helps his gang rise again. He also takes revenge on the betrayer Big Smoke and the corrupt police officer Officer Tenpenny.
With the Definitive Edition, GTA San Andreas will also be revamped. Here’s a trailer:
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GTA San Andreas – Trailer
What makes Carl Johnson special? CJ is a family man and very loyal to his brother, business partners, and his gang. Unlike other GTA protagonists, CJ does not appear to be after the big money; he commits crimes not to get rich, but rather to support his brother, help his gang gain power, and take revenge on the traitors.
Over the course of the story, CJ undergoes a significant transformation. Initially, his actions are limited to the comparatively chaotic “gang everyday life” that follows no strategy. Later, his methods resemble organized crime, including robbing a rival casino and taking over a villa.
CJ’s story fully embodies the idea of “from rags to riches” – albeit in the criminal variety. He goes from being a small, insignificant gangster who is shoved around by corrupt police officers and betrayed by his friends to an important figure in the underworld of San Fierro, Las Venturas, and ultimately Los Santos.
Michael De Santa was originally named Michael Townley and had been involved in numerous crimes years before the events of GTA V.
During a heist in the town of Ludendorff, Michael betrayed his accomplices Trevor Philips and Brad Snider, the latter of whom was killed. Trevor managed to escape.
During the heist in Ludendorff, Michael faked his own death to start a new life with his family. From then on, they lived in Los Santos under the name “De Santa,” where he meets small-time criminal Franklin Clinton.
When Michael learns that his wife is cheating on him with her tennis coach, he destroys a house. However, the house belongs to the mistress of Martin Madrazo, the boss of a drug cartel.
As Michael is forced by Madrazo to pay for the repairs of the house, he becomes active as a criminal again and robs a jewelry store with Franklin. Through the heist, Trevor learns that Michael is still alive and pays a visit to his former accomplice.
Michael, Trevor, and Franklin then commit numerous heists and other criminal activities together.
What makes Michael special? Michael is also fundamentally different from other GTA protagonists, as he is not nearly as loyal to his gangster colleagues as CJ and betrays his former accomplices Trevor and Brad to the FIB.
However, Michael’s family life does not go as smoothly as hoped, and through his selfish actions, he often gets into disputes with his wife and children. While Michael acts thoughtfully and calmly as a criminal and presents himself as a competent leader, he is significantly more uncontrolled and impulsive when it comes to family problems. His family life slips further out of his hands, which affects him mentally, leading him to seek therapy.
This conflict in Michael’s life makes him a unique GTA protagonist, as the familial chaos ultimately leads him back to crime – a life he had actually left behind for his family and even betrayed his partners for.
MeinMMO editor Dariusz has spent many hours in GTA 5 – both as Michael De Santa and in online mode. However, his GTA career began with San Andreas. Today, Dariusz enjoys playing PvP shooters the most, and GTA has contributed to that: I spent 1,800 hours in GTA V – and it turned me into a sweaty shooter tryhard
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The Diablo expert wudijo has taken on a tough challenge: He is leveling in hardcore mode of Diablo 4 to level 100 – without changing his starting gear. However, at max level, a particular content brought him down.
In a new challenge, he leveled to level 100 in hardcore mode. However, he did not change his gear when he found stronger items, but only improved his starting gear. This allowed him to complete tough endgame content – but he ultimately failed at the pit.
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Blizzard summarizes the story of Diablo 4 in the video
“Okay, my character survived. What now?”
What was the challenge? In his YouTube video from October 2, he explains that it took him nearly 9:30 hours to reach level 100. He used only items he found at the beginning, among others, in the hell flood.
He equipped the items with affixes through hardening, engraved aspects onto the items, and used gemstones. In the sequences, one can see that some legendaries only have 2 fixed affixes – meaning they were rare items before engraving the aspects that turned into legendary items.
His plan was to unlock world tier 4 without doing anything else in hardcore mode. He achieved this at level 20. Then wudijo thought: “Okay, my character survived. What now?” Somehow his hunter then reached level 100, he says in the video. For this, he primarily used nightmare dungeons, where he was able to level not only his hunter but also his glyphs.
Starting from season 6, the function of nightmare dungeons changes: You will then receive crafting materials for completion. And your glyphs will be leveled in the pit. In our overview of season 6, you can see which content and changes are coming to Diablo 4:
The problem with the gear: Due to having fewer affixes in some cases, he was missing important stats. The existing affixes are simply weaker than affixes on items with higher item power.
By level 100, with about 2,700 armor, he hadn’t even come close to reaching the armor cap. Additionally, his resistances against damage types looked pretty bad. In the Twitch livestream, he had at level 83 and world tier 4 only about 20% resistance, with lightning resistance being as low as 4.8%.
Nevertheless, the hunter did not die until level 100 – that would have meant the end for the character in hardcore mode, as one death there is permanent.
The pit meant the end
What did he do afterwards? At level 100, wudijo set out to defeat all bosses until he encounters one that kills his hunter. He also wanted to tackle nightmare dungeons. He says: “Let’s see if we can clear everything at level 100, that would be crazy.” His new plan: Play until the hunter dies.
In the video, wudijo shows that he gradually fights all bosses – Grigoire, Varshan, Lord Zir, the beast in ice, and even Duriel and Andariel, both at level 100 themselves. He was also able to clear the nightmare dungeon at level 100 and sliced through opponents at level 154. After that, he aimed to run the pit at level 61 since there you get the rarest material (Low Iron) for completion.
“Any build that can clear the pit at 61 can basically get everything in the game. That makes it an ultimate goal for a challenge like this. If you can [handle this level], you have access to everything that’s available in the game,” the Diablo expert notes in the video.
However, during a run at level 61, his hunter met her demise. Laughing, he says in the livestream on Twitch: “Okay, that’s it.” He then concludes: “That’s probably the longest I’ve ever used the same gear set.”
With season 6, the point of contact for crafting materials changes, and you will get the obdurite for completion from nightmare dungeons. It will also drop from enemies and chests, not just from the endboss, like before in the pit. The other materials (Ingolith, Low Iron) will be removed from the game. The latest information from the past livestream on season 6 of Diablo 4 can be found in our overview.
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With Mirage, Valve’s new MOBA shooter Deadlock has received a new hero. We introduce him to you here.
What do you need to know about Mirage? Mirage can be played in two different ways: either as a supporter or as a strong damage dealer that deals a lot of damage. In addition, two different types of builds have emerged in the past few days.
Some builds focus on the really strong primary weapon of Mirage and combine it with his third ability, Djinn’s Mark. The other builds focus on the second ability and its effects.
These are Mirage’s abilities
Ability 1 – Tornado
What does the ability do? The first ability transforms Mirage into a tornado that deals damage and holds enemies in a whirlwind. This whirlwind immobilizes the affected enemy and even blocks their movement abilities. When you exit your tornado form, you have a chance to dodge bullets.
Duration: 0.75 seconds
Cooldown: 32 seconds
Damage: 70
Radius: 3.5 meters
Dodge Chance: 25 %
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This is Deadlock – The new MOBA shooter from Valve
Ability 2 – Fire Scarabs
What does the ability do? After activating the ability, you can shoot scarab beetles at enemies. Hit enemies receive a debuff that reduces their bullet resistance. Additionally, it steals a portion of the maximum health of the hit enemy. Meaning: The enemy takes damage while you heal.
Charges: 4
Cooldown between charges: 0 seconds
Cooldown: 32 seconds
Debuff: -10 % bullet resistance
Debuff duration: 14 seconds
max health that can be stolen: 90
Bonus tip: You can shoot at enemies with your primary weapon at the same time as throwing beetles at them.
Ability 3 – Djinn’s Mark
What does the ability do? Your shots cause an increasing multiplier on hit enemies. Once the multiplier expires or the number of stacks reaches the cap, the stack is consumed and the target takes a base damage multiplied by the number above its head. Additionally, the enemies are marked on the mini-map.
Base damage: 16
Maximum multiplier: 8x
Multiplier duration: 4.5 seconds
Cooldown between multipliers: 2.5 seconds
Revealing duration: 2 seconds
When you “consume” a multiplier, you can deal the damage immediately.
What does the ability do? Select an enemy that you can see on the minimap and teleport to them with “Traveler”. However, you land at the position they were in when you activated the ultimate. After the teleport, Mirage has increased movement speed and increased fire rate.
Cooldown: 130 seconds
Activation duration: 2 seconds
Change in movement speed: +2.5 meters per second
Change in fire rate: +20 %
Mirage Build – These items you should buy
What kind of build is this? The build focuses on Mirage’s strong weapon and thus makes use of the ability “Djinn’s Mark”.
The build comes from the content creator “AverageJonas”, who specializes in Deadlock. Previously, he worked as a content creator for Riot Games’ tactical shooter Valorant, but now wants to focus on Valve’s Deadlock.
The build is still a work in progress and may change in the future – after all, Mirage hasn’t been out for long, and even the expert hasn’t found a perfect build yet.
These items you should buy: To make it as easy as possible for you to buy, we are including a screenshot of the build. This way, you can see exactly which items you need to buy.
Mirage build from AverageJonas
You can also find and activate the build directly in the game, so that only the items you should buy are displayed during the match. To do this, enter “Twitch.tv/AverageJonas Gun Mirage” in the search bar in Deadlock.
What do you need to consider when buying items? Be sure to buy the items from left to right. AverageJonas also states that you should sell “Extra Regen” in the mid-game. In the late game, you should also sell the abilities “Hollow Point Rounds” and “Ammo Replenishment”.
There is a departure at Blizzard again. One of the major developers behind WoW: Mists of Pandaria Remix and Plunderstorm is leaving.
Having well-known individuals disappear over the years from large developer teams has become somewhat accustomed. However, when people leave Blizzard or the team behind World of Warcraft who were responsible for particularly interesting content, it is always a bit sad.
This was the Plunderstorm mode in WoW:
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WoW: Plunderstorm – this is how the battle royale mode works
Who has left? On his X account, Orlando Salvatore writes that he had his last day at Blizzard yesterday, October 4. He worked there for nearly 5 years on World of Warcraft and was employed as a Lead Software Engineer. He was primarily responsible for the development of popular content such as:
Mists of Pandaria Remix
Plunderstorm
Follower Dungeons
Equipment update for old characters
Various content from WoW Classic
That Salvatore is particularly proud of Plunderstorm is clearly shown in his farewell tweet. There he writes:
Plunderstorm was a huge, experimental undertaking to create something new, and I could hardly be prouder of the team that delivered it. I will never forget those memories of discussing it with the community, how I appeared in the WoW cast, how I was able to present it to the press, and so on. It taught me humility to have had the opportunity to publish something that was so different from anything WoW had done before – it was a lot of hard work from so many people.
Salvatore also clarifies on his X account that this is not a dismissal but that he left voluntarily.
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How the community reacts: Although both “Mists of Pandaria Remix” and “Plunderstorm” did not appeal to all players, both events are among the most creative new content that World of Warcraft has received in recent years. Both modes have garnered a loyal fan base that is already hoping for another “remix” event and a revival of Plunderstorm at the end of The War Within. Accordingly, there is also discussion about Salvatore’s departure in the WoW subreddit:
“Plunderstorm and MoP Remix were outstanding, non-traditional game modes that the game really benefited from. I hope the leadership recognizes that the studio needs more people like Orlando.” – MrPMS
“Plunderstorm and Remix were the most fun I’ve had in the game since Legion.” – nagynorbie
“I’ve never had as much fun in WoW as with Plunderstorm and Remix. I only tried Retail because of these game modes, and I only signed up for a subscription to play these modes.” – Jorgesarrada
However, some also note that Orlando Salvatore was not the “mastermind” behind the game modes, but as Lead Software Engineer was primarily responsible for the implementation.
A solo developer has achieved huge success on Steam with “Balatro” in 2024. Now his game is to be awarded, but he says you should vote for another title.
Which developer is it? In February 2024, a card game called Balatro launched on Steam, which is a mix of poker and roguelike. The title quickly became a surprise hit and received positive reviews.
Today, Balatro has over 43,000 ratings on Steam, 97% of which are positive – that is really extremely good.
The poker roguelike measures up in percentage ratings with games like Stardew Valley, Portal, and Hades.
However, the Steam hit does not come from a large AAA studio, but was created by the solo developer “localthunk,” about whom not much else is known. Now Balatro is to be awarded, but the developer likely does not want the prize.
Here you see a trailer:
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Trailer for the roguelike poker game Balatro by LocalThunk
Developer wants you to choose another game
What kind of award is that? Balatro has been nominated in three categories at the “Golden Joystick Awards”:
Best Audio Design
PC Game of the Year
Best Indie Game
The Golden Joystick Awards is a ceremony organized by various international gaming media such as GamesRadar. They then provide a selection of games for various categories, among which the winner is determined by voting.
In addition to the three categories for which Balatro is nominated, there are categories such as best multiplayer game, best game expansion, or best visual design.
What did the Balatro developer say about the nomination? The developer of Balatro did not say many words about the nominations at the awards on X.com. He briefly stated that Balatro is nominated in the categories and that voting has begun.
He then asked his followers to vote for another game and not for Balatro: “The public voting is open, but I urge you to try / vote for the incredible Arco, which has also been nominated today. A truly deserved gem!”
Which game should you choose instead of Balatro? The developer of the poker roguelike wants you to vote for “Arco,” released on August 15th, in the “best indie game” category.
Arco is a pixel-art role-playing game that focuses on turn-based combat. The indie title offers a campaign where you embody different characters, all of whom have different abilities. Throughout the game, you can also unlock further talents and recruit allies.
Arco has around 640 reviews (as of October 5th) with 97% positive ratings and costs €14.39 on Steam until October 12th. There, you can also try it out with a free demo.
If you haven’t tried Balatro yet and want to get an impression of the game: MyMMO editor Niko is a big fan of the card game, even though he is not interested in poker. Here you can read more about it: The new indie hit is like poker, but much better – Only costs €14
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Animated films are not just a wonderful form of entertainment for children. Besides the well-known movies that come to mind with studios like Disney or DreamWorks, there are also representatives that went unnoticed at their time. We present to you 6 underrated animated films.
How was this list created? This concerns animated films that went unnoticed at their time and did not achieve the same level of fame as other films. However, some of these films have now reached cult status.
If you think of your own example for this topic, feel free to write it to us in the comments.
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Treasure Planet
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The action-packed trailer for the Disney movie “Treasure Planet”
Treasure Planet is a science fiction film based on Treasure Island. The teenager Jim Hawkins finds a map that promises him a great treasure on a certain planet. In the process, he meets new allies but also enemies who want to claim the treasure for themselves.
Treasure Planet is perfect for you if …
You are fans of science fiction and cool ship designs
You are up for an adventure in search of a pirate treasure
You are looking for a refreshing change with a different protagonist who differs from classic Disney heroes
Where can you watch the film?Treasure Planet is available with a subscription on Disney Plus.
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FiNessi streams on Twitch and raises awareness on topics that matter to her. At TwitchCon Europe, MeinMMO spoke with the streamer.
Nessi, also known as “FiNessi”, is openly trans and has been raising awareness on topics like sexual and gender diversity, ableism, and environmental protection on Twitch for 4 years. During this time, she has achieved a lot: she has built a loyal community of almost 9,000 followers and was awarded a Youlius Award for “Current Journalism” in 2023.
Recently, FiNessi was also declared a Twitch Ambassador: these are content creators who contribute positively to the Twitch community and also work on innovations on the streaming platform.
At TwitchCon Europe, MeinMMO spoke with FiNessi on June 30, 2024, about her journey to becoming a Twitch streamer, her new role as an Ambassador, and explains why her stream is not a “Safe Space”.
The fact that Twitch is no longer just for gaming is also shown by Sandra Friedrichs, who addresses topics like mental health on the streaming platform as “anormaldisaster”.
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Twitch streamer wants to change the perception of gaming as Miss Germany: “One should not demonize it, but also not glorify it”
The interview has been edited and shortened for better understanding.
From activist to Twitch streamer
MeinMMO: On your Twitter profile, you describe yourself as a moderator, as an activist – do you see yourself as a Twitch streamer using your platform for education, or do you see yourself as an activist using Twitch as a tool?
FiNessi: That’s a super difficult question. I think it has changed. I come from the activist field, and I am still that too. I feel like it has two sides.
At first, it was just my means because I experienced a lot of discrimination and then said I wanted to speak out and also express myself online. That’s how it started. I would say that Twitch was definitely just a means.
Now I see it a bit differently because I feel very comfortable on Twitch, and that is also a bit of my home, my online presence home, that’s where it all started. So, I would also see myself as a Twitch streamer, yes.
MeinMMO: What was the moment for you when you realized: This is no longer just a hobby, this is now my profession, I can make a career out of it?
FiNessi: That happened by accident, so a lot of things happened by accident for me. I started doing this on the side, first alongside school, which I eventually had to drop out of for psychological reasons after landing in the hospital because of it. That didn’t work anymore.
Then I had a social worker who helped me with counseling, where I went through every support system that exists in Germany, every safety net. That means I didn’t receive any money, no state funding, nothing. So, I was not psychologically capable of working, and at the same time, there was no safety net.
That meant I had nothing: no money, nothing. And then I thought: Hey, I’m streaming on Twitch, I’ll just do that for now. That was born out of necessity, I thought maybe a little money might come from it.
And then I did it full-time, meaning very, very early on, when it wasn’t even really possible to do it full-time, I started it, and now I can live well from it.
MeinMMO: After all I’ve seen, your parents have been very supportive of your coming out – what was it like when you told them: “I am now an influencer”?
FiNessi: I think my mother still doesn’t understand it today. But that’s okay, my mother is fully supportive of it. I sometimes share things, she doesn’t fully understand, but she finds it great and is happy.
And I believe that it has to become clear to many people that this is not a big political statement, but it should be normal. You don’t have to make a huge political stream to create a Safer Space.
My father is also very proud, he understands it a bit better, so that’s no problem at all. My grandfather keeps asking questions because he doesn’t understand why anyone does this and what impact it has.
Appointment as Twitch Ambassador: “I thought I would be banned”
MeinMMO: Can you tell us about the process of how you became a Twitch Ambassador?
FiNessi: That’s super interesting. Basically, they have an application process. I applied for it about 3 years ago.
MeinMMO: You were still just starting back then, right?
FiNessi: Correct, I started streaming 4 years ago – [on July 1, 2020, note by the editor] and I had completely forgotten about it. Then my management received an email, not from my Twitch account, but really through my management email, they said they wanted to talk to me. There was nothing more written there.
And I thought: Am I getting banned? What did I do? Am I being reprimanded? And that’s why I was a bit nervous.
I did the conversation alone because my management had no time. Then we sat there together with one employee from [?] and a US employee, and I was sitting there thinking: Okay, what is going to happen now?
They started to speak a bit mysteriously, and I still didn’t know what they wanted. Until they finally came to the point that they wanted me as an ambassador and then there was a huge PowerPoint presentation on what that entails and what I would have to do, and then they asked me if I wanted to become that.
MeinMMO: Is there currently anything you can point out that is a problem?
FiNessi: Wow, what are some bigger problems bothering me right now? Actually, it’s more about the fine details. I don’t think Twitch has a huge problem. I think a lot comes from the fact that Twitch doesn’t have much money in general right now.
I understand that very well. There are a few things; for example, I would like pronoun badges in Twitch chat, directly from Twitch itself. They have already announced that something like this will come.
One thing is that, and what I would generally wish for – I have already addressed this – is that when one is featured as a marginalized group on the main page, a lot of hate comes along. And yes, the moderation tools are really great on Twitch, I know no other website where they are that strong. I streamed once on YouTube and that was really not good regarding moderation tools.
But when it comes to smaller streamers, the mod team is still not big enough for the homepage, and I would wish for a bit of support from Twitch in that regard.
They say: We have moderators responsible for that and we assign them there. So that there is a bit of support. Not: You get placed there and then get hate. That is not in anyone’s interest.
Safer Spaces on Twitch: “Discrimination has no place here”
MeinMMO: I saw in your ambassador announcement that your stream was described as a “Safer Space” – what makes your stream specifically a “Safer Space”?
FiNessi: That’s a very interesting question because for a long time, I didn’t refer to it as that for good reason. There was a time when I started saying: Yes, this is a safe space. But that’s not true. I can’t say: This is a safe space because it can never be “safe”. People can always come in and write things that are not okay.
At the same time, I struggled a lot with the term because I said I address topics that are stressful, these are not nice topics, often involve discrimination and violence, and for me, it wasn’t a Safer Space, but a “This is uncomfortable:”
For a long time, I handled it that way; I am in a lot of contact with my community also because of this, and we talked a lot about it. The reason I reintroduce it and label it that way is that people, no matter how they were born, can feel safer with me and also be heard when it comes to difficult topics.
That means we address difficult topics, but no discrimination is tolerated in the chat, regardless of who it is directed against. That means people can talk about such topics securely. And because of that, I would label it as a “Safer Space”, “safer” being important, because it can never be entirely safe. We try to maintain that with my mod team, who are great.
MeinMMO: What should one pay attention to when trying to create a Safe Space – or a “Safer Space”?
FiNessi: There are many things, but also many small details. I think it starts with engaging with the topics of marginalization. So for me, of course, I am openly trans, but I also engage a lot with ableism because I think it is a very important field that often gets overlooked.
And I am not affected myself, so I have to inquire and educate myself about it. That is the first step towards creating a “Safer Space”, I believe, becoming aware of it, and then whether that’s with whom you are playing, being mindful of the language being used, being nice to people, and perhaps using terms that I don’t want to mention in everyday language that are ableist or queerphobic, so that one becomes a bit more sensitive.
At the same time, what’s also important for me is to reflect that in the chat, in that you drill the moderators: If you see any discrimination, it gets removed. And then simply say: Discrimination has no place here.
MeinMMO: So there’s real work behind it – you can’t just say: “I want everyone to feel good here”
FiNessi: Yes, I think that’s also something many stumble upon. They then say: This is a cozy space, and then something comes up, and there are frictions. Or one might not want to confront this topic, but in the end, it’s important, and it’s necessary to truly banish discrimination and say: No, you have no place here.
And I believe that it has to become clear to many people that this is not a big political statement, but it should be normal. You don’t have to make a huge political stream to create a Safer Space.
