Many trainers have built a team for the battle league over a long period of time, which can be shaken up by the new update. MeinMMO author Paul Kutzner is one of them.
I have been involved with Pokémon GO since its launch in 2016, catching, collecting, and training my Pokémon diligently, with shorter and longer breaks.
This changed in August 2023. I thought to myself, I’ll give the battle league another chance. And I do not regret it: Besides some hours of fun, there were many special candies and a few raid bosses as a reward for me.
But some of my monsters in the battle league could soon become devalued.
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Favorite attackers soon just decoration!?
What changes in the battle league? Due to the new update in the battle league, which brings some changes to the meta, a good part of my team could soon become useless.
While the update reduces the timer for switching monsters, many fast and charge attacks are also changed. This could lead to greater changes in the meta and devalue some Pokémon that I have built up in the last 12 months.
What does my team look like? So far, I am only building Pokémon for the Super League. This mode is cheaper than the Hyper League, and here Pokémon are played that would otherwise have no relevance. I find that quite attractive.
I avoid the Master League completely for these reasons as well.
This is what my team for the Super League looks like
When naming the Pokémon, I like to note the respective combination of IV values. This means that, for example, the Viscogon from the first image named “GL42” has the 42 best combination of IV values for the Super League (‘Great League’).
How do I build Pokémon? I like to be inspired by pvpoke.com when building my team. Here I check which Pokémon with which attack combination is recommended.
However, I do not rely completely on it, but like to try different attacks and primarily play the combination of Pokémon that suits me best.
Additionally, I do not only focus on Pokémon for the regular Super League, but also like to level up Pokémon for special cups like the Halloween or the Sun Cup.
Which of my Pokémon are affected? With the new data from pvpoke.com, the first Pokémon I have enjoyed playing, which have taken a significant hit with the update, can already be seen.
Crypto-Golbat is a Pokémon I enjoyed using as a starter in battles. With the new update, this Pokémon has dropped to rank 371 in the Super League.
Epitaff and Akkup, which I also liked to use, have also dropped significantly due to the update. While Epitaff was previously found within the top 10, it now sits at rank 144.
Akkup, the small Pokémon with the Bug and Electric types, is now also found in rank 130. This Pokémon has also been used frequently by the best trainers in the Super League.
Whether I will continue to have a lot of fun with these Pokémon in the future in the Super League remains to be seen. I have experienced many good times with these monsters in the battle league and will definitely shed a tear when they soon simply go under against other monsters.
How about you? Which Pokémon did you enjoy using in the battle league that will now be more difficult to play? Feel free to share your opinions in the comments. If you want to know which events are waiting for you in Pokémon GO in September 2024, feel free to check out the suitable overview.
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With The War Within, the tenth expansion has launched in World of Warcraft. MyMMO editor Benedict Grothaus has been playing since release and has been doing so more extensively than in years. The expansion improves many things, but one thing is still missing: long-term engagement.
World of Warcraft lost me quite a bit with the end of Dragonflight. I didn’t even touch the last season and took a break for months. What I’ve picked up about The War Within hasn’t fully engaged me:
Azeroth as a theme – meaning the “person,” not the planet itself
Xal’Atath as an antagonist, to whom I never had any connection – I wasn’t a priest during Legion and I’ve never been very interested in the Void
Now, The War Within hasn’t been out for two weeks, and I already have 8 characters at level 80, leveled all professions, and for the first time completed the Loremaster achievement for an expansion — this means I have completed all storylines in the side quests.
Nonetheless, I’m currently logging in every day and continuing to play, wanting to level at least one or two more characters before the raid launches. I’m even playing classes that I never cared about before because I’m having so much fun. I wasn’t even this excited during Legion. What’s better about WoW now compared to before?
The cinematic is, to be fair, quite cool:
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WoW: The War Within – Forces Within
Warbands are the best thing to happen to WoW
If I had to pinpoint my entire joy to one feature, it would be the Warbands. Actually, it’s not such an exciting change: All characters now share certain loot, and a few of them gather around the campfire at login.
However, there is a lot more behind the Warbands that is particularly interesting for me as a twink player. Every character at level 80 contributes 5% additional experience for the entire Warband (up to a maximum of +25%). This allows secondary characters to be leveled within a few hours.
Additionally, there’s the Warband bank. In this, I can store anything that isn’t soulbound. This means: If I find a really good item in the open world, it is often “bound to the Warband” in The War Within. Two-handed swords that my rogue collects can therefore simply be gifted to my warrior.
The best part is that the Warband functions across servers and factions. So if I decide – for whatever reason – that I want to play a Horde character somewhere else, they benefit from all the advantages my Alliance characters have earned.
Within a few hours, you’ve completed the entire story and are not even at maximum level yet. This had many advantages for me:
The story is no longer fragmented, as it was in Shadowlands. There are no boring fetch quests that later make me forget what the main plot was about.
The story in the areas could be enjoyed at a leisurely pace with my first 3 twinks, so I always had something new to discover while still making “progress”, nothing felt repetitive.
After the first playthrough, the campaign can even be easily skipped to catch up on the latest events.
Like with the Warbands, I initially thought that the change was too small to really have an effect. Now I know: The decision was exactly right to bring the story closer to the players and not lose them somewhere in the middle.
Even though I still don’t have enough and want to keep leveling, I’m not sure how long this will last. In the past, my biggest problem was that the endgame eventually felt like work.
The first raid will be released on September 11, and the Mythic dungeons will start. A week later, the Mythic raid and the first season for Mythic+ will come. From then on, the real grind begins for me as a raider.
That’s not a problem in itself. It only becomes annoying when you find yourself standing still, not progressing, or have already seen everything too many times. This especially happens when raids are too hard or seasons last too long. In particular, the “filler seasons” have often dampened the mood in the past.
Whether my concern will be confirmed, I will see in two or three weeks. However, The War Within is the first of three expansions in a trilogy and is intended to be, as far as I understand, somewhat shorter. This is likely very beneficial for the fun of playing – and apparently also planned that way: WoW wants to deliver more content than ever before and is making smaller expansions.
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Friends of the MMORPG genre, let us take a nostalgic trip back in time. Back to the year 2001 when the developer and publisher Funcom tried its hand at launching an online role-playing game for the first time.
The Norwegian company Funcom is now 31 years old and is an essential part of the MMO and MMORPG genre. Just think of Age of Conan, The Secret World, Conan Exiles, or the upcoming Dune: Awakening.
However, Norwegians had their first experiences with the MMO genre as early as 1995. Even before Meridian 59, Ultima Online, and EverQuest were released, work began behind closed doors on Anarchy Online, as a kind of research project. In fact, they were uncertain at the time whether this thing called the Internet would have a future.
Who writes here? Karsten Scholz is the MMORPG expert at MeinMMO. He has been dealing with the best genre in the world almost daily for 15 years. His first private contact came in 2005. Since then, he has accumulated several years of playtime in various online role-playing games and has played almost every relevant genre representative of the past two decades at least for a while.
Karsten therefore knows the launch of Anarchy Online only from reports. Perhaps that’s a good thing. The later release of Age of Conan left enough marks.
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Pioneers at Work
This should not be the only uncertainty factor. There was also uncertainty about how far to plan the content for Anarchy Online in advance. Many at Funcom did not believe that such a game could function as a service for more than a year. Fun Fact: You can still play Anarchy Online today, for example via Steam.
The universe of the sci-fi MMORPG was created by Ragnar Tørnquist, the clever mind behind The Longest Journey and The Secret World. In the coming years, the team grew to 70 developers who dove into the project without references or previous MMO experiences.
The official announcement only came at E3 in 2000. The US launch was planned for June 27, 2001. A public beta with a server stress test took place just two weeks earlier. About 100,000 interested participants were reportedly involved in the test at that time. Today it is clear that this was far too little time to properly prepare for the launch of the ambitious MMORPG.
The next MMO from Funcom will take you to the desert of Dune:
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A Launch Accident for the History Books
When the developers at Funcom flipped the switch on June 27, 2001, to let the first players onto the servers of Anarchy Online, the proverbial tree was on fire within moments. Under the pressure of about 35,000 subscribers, the entire infrastructure collapsed almost immediately.
Not only were the registration servers affected, players also could not create accounts. Those who somehow made it onto the servers experienced a slideshow or got kicked off the server. The launch was so bad that the developers appealed to the press to refrain from reviews for the time being. A press release was also sent out, stating among other things:
“There have been some significant issues in recent days that our customers have had to deal with. Due to the massive traffic, it was difficult to log in, and the game is unfortunately still unstable. We apologize for the inconveniences this has caused our customers, and we are working around the clock to fix things.”
Launch problems also occurred with many other MMORPG launches. However, most developers managed to fix the worst problems within the first days or at least weeks. In contrast, players of Anarchy Online had to wait half a year (!) until simply logging into the game was reliable. A disaster.
What is Anarchy Online? As a fallen colonist on the planet Rubi-Ka, you are on a quest for experience and credits. How you get those is up to you. You can take on missions, pursue professions, fight monsters in the wilderness, trade, participate in PvP, and battle through dungeons.
The last major content package was released in February 2009. After that, there were mainly smaller updates, events, temporarily running classic servers as well as an engine upgrade (currently in open beta). Nevertheless, MeinMMO reported only in March 2024, that Anarchy Online continues to enjoy some popularity. One reason for this: The complex equipment system that relies on implants.
Lesson Learned?
You have to give Funcom credit: Despite the launch debacle, they stayed in the game and turned Anarchy Online into a functioning MMORPG that is still live today. At the same time, however, Funcom must also be criticized for the problematic launches of Age of Conan and The Secret World later on.
Especially with AoC, the story repeated itself. In the list of the best MMORPGs of all time, I wrote about Age of Conan, which at least made it to 20th place:
“However, Funcom did not release a game but a construction site. With content gaps during the leveling phase that were as large as the list of bugs. Additionally, basic systems such as PvP and trades did not function properly. This was an alpha for which you had to buy a ticket and subscribe.”
It will be exciting to see if Funcom can deliver a smooth launch with Dune: Awakening next year. After all, countless players are supposed to roam again in a vast world in this survival MMO. Colleague Benedict Grothaus has already played it: The survival MMO offers exactly what I hoped for after Conan Exiles
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Since A Realm Reborn, the community of Final Fantasy XIV has been debating whether dungeons are too hard, too easy, or too boring. Initially, the dungeons of the new expansion Dawntrail also received rather negative feedback. Now, the director says players find them just right.
Why were the dungeons discussed? Every new expansion and (almost) every patch brings new dungeons that must be completed during the story quests. Since most of the new endgame content can only be tackled after finishing the respective DLC or update story, these dungeons also need to be doable.
This applies equally to hardcore raiders as well as casual players. Finding the right difficulty level here is not easy.
However, with the new expansion Dawntrail, the development team seems to have hit the mark.
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That’s exactly how it should be
How do players see it in Dawntrail? Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida spoke in a Famitsu interview about the difficulty level of the latest dungeons. At the beginning of the joint meeting with Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy, they talked about the dungeons.
Yoshida mentions here that there were initially some voices saying the new content was too hard for casual players. However, these concerns have calmed down significantly. At the same time, a lot of positive feedback has been coming in:
[..] in Japan, but also internationally, there was a lot of feedback like: That’s exactly how it should be. So I think we will continue like this for the time being.
What are players saying on reddit? In a post, the community discusses Yoshida’s statement. Overall, the commenters are happy with the current situation – as Naoki Yoshida also mentioned in the interview. Here are a few voices:
The Dawntrail dungeons are largely better than they’ve been in years. – KnifingGrimace via Reddit
Big agree. Personally, I think the only stinker is the 99 dungeon. – sekretguy777 via Reddit
The difficulty of casual content is good at the moment. – CaviarMeths via Reddit
The only thing I wish for is that there are more mechanics during the “wall-to-wall” pulls. It becomes extremely tiring to do the same thing in every dungeon between the bosses. – Defiant_Mercy via reddit
I wish they would let us change the colors of the AoE markers. Kaktorsenke is a nightmare if you are colorblind; the floor has the same color as the AoE markers in many places. – LilyHex via reddit
[…] I wish the dungeons weren’t designed as cinematic halls. I long for something more than a corridor that looks nice and is functionally identical to the 20 dungeons before and after it. Since we have variant dungeons, I wish for a similar design for all dungeons. – CaviarMeths via reddit
Player feedback will likely not fall on deaf ears. Naoki Yoshida listens to his community and communicates with the players as transparently as he can. For example, he spoke during gamescom 2024 regarding the controversial changes to a new class.
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The gaming industry believes that players are into items and loot in live service games like Destiny or GTA 5 and want to imitate their successes with their own games, but they are making a mistake. This is said by MeinMMO author Schuhmann:
What does the gaming industry think? The gaming industry follows a certain logic. This can be seen in the example of survival games:
First assumption: The survival genre is popular and there are many good representatives like Rust, ARK, DayZ.
Second assumption: But there is a lack of one big title with maximum accessibility that dominates the genre – as WoW does for MMORPGs or LoL does for MOBAs.
Conclusion: There is room for more in the survival games market. So we develop this one super accessible title and become rich.
GTA Online is an extremely successful and above all profitable game:
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Destiny and GTA make a lot of money – We want that too!
What does this mean for live service games? Since 2013/2014, with the console generation of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, it has been possible for successful multiplayer games to appear in the console market that are permanently expanded and provided with content in the manner of an MMO. They are referred to as live service games.
Previously, such games were only possible on PC; these were games like WoW, Counter-Strike, or LoL.
Pioneers of this phenomenon of live service games on consoles were GTA 5 Online (2013) and Destiny (2014). Both are financially extremely successful projects.
It is estimated that GTA 5 has generated about 1.5 billion $:
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This is the consequence of this assumption: For many years, at least since 2016, studios that had developed single-player games until then have been trying to establish their own live service games under pressure from the publisher.
However, in recent years, it has become apparent that attempts to establish such games that are developed over the years repeatedly fail, and catastrophically at that. Many service games are not only unsuccessful but are so unsuccessful that they drive the studios behind them to ruin, which are then dissolved.
The list of victims is long: Redfall, Crucible, Lawbreakers, Marvel’s Avengers, Suicide Squad, only recently Concord.
Redfall is considered a huge flop.
Successful live service games thrive on loot
What are the games doing wrong? The studios apparently think that Destiny or GTA 5 were successful because they are developed further, grow, and are supplied with content.
This is true, but the actually important element is that it is possible in the games to build a virtual existence, collect items and goods, and thereby become more powerful – or at least something special to have things that not everyone has.
It is precisely this satisfying progress within a service game that is the decisive factor that binds players to a game.
You can see this in Destiny just from how obsessed players were in the early days of Xur and the possibility that the vendor might have the Gjallarhorn rocket launcher in stock, a legendary powerful weapon.
Players of Destiny were so addicted to loot, that they used the loot cave, where they had hardly any fun but just mindlessly fired in one direction, just to get loot as quickly as possible.
The Gjallarhorn was the motivation for many to log in on Fridays in Destiny.
Even in GTA 5, the most important question after an update is often what new possessions are coming into the game, what new cars there are, and where to buy them.
Live service games are not competing with Destiny – but with LoL and Valorant
This is the thinking error: When companies develop service games that are structured as PvP experiences and do not appear with such a satisfying equipment spiral, they do not compete with games like GTA5, Destiny, or Division – for which there is a high demand because players are running out of content and getting bored.
No, they compete with games like Valorant, LoL, Escape from Tarkov, or Fortnite, which are doing well and in which players do not build a real “virtual existence through better items,” but invest time in the games to learn them and get better or accumulate skins.
Other games do not even give players the opportunity to find strong items but are purely focused on microtransactions.
It is a completely different gaming experience whether you play a live service game with loot or one with PvP:
In games with loot and consistent progress, processes are often ritualized. You play to relax, often with half attention, comfortably chat with friends, switch off, and unwind. Luke Smith once described Destiny as “I shoot aliens in the face while talking to my friends about the Oscars.”
Live service games with rounds are tailored for PvP, you play them focused and with ambition. Communication in the team is important – there is not much relaxation here.
It doesn’t make sense to buy Bungie and then develop a game that has nothing to do with Destiny
It doesn’t make sense to buy Bungie, say we are making live service games, and then not to release a live service game like Destiny – but a live service game like Valorant or Overwatch.
Even Bungie itself is not working on a new game like Destiny, but on an extraction shooter that already looks as if there’s no market for it.
Games with loot systems perform well – games without die quickly
If you look at the live service games that have been released in recent years, you can see that the games that had a good loot system at least sparked some initial hype and found their player base, such as Anthem or The First Descendant. Even Wolcen, a not particularly outstanding Diablo clone, sparked considerable hype at release.
Sony’s statement: “We are now making live service games for the PS5” is a mistake. The majority of people do not want live service games – the majority of people want a specific form of live service game.
Since Detective Conan is just a small boy, he needs technical tools to solve his cases. MeinMMO has created a ranking of the coolest technical toys from the anime that Conan received from Professor Agasa.
Shinichi Kudo was regressed to the body of a first grader by a nerve toxin. Due to the shrinking process, only his body has become younger, but he has retained his mind. Therefore, the amateur detective can still solve the most complicated cases even in a child’s body.
You can see the latest trailer for the current movie here:
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However, in a child’s body, he has a disadvantage compared to adults. Additionally, as a first grader, he is not taken seriously when he solves his cases. Therefore, Professor Agasa supports him with technical tools that enable him to unravel any mystery. MeinMMO ranks the 5 coolest gadgets that Conan uses in everyday life.
The little detective has special sneakers that are equipped with a wheel on the edge. As soon as Conan turns it, electric shocks are directed to the nerves in his foot. This increases the muscle strength in his legs.
With the increased muscle power, Conan usually shoots an object around. For example, he stops criminals who are currently on the run. Since Shinichi was a gifted soccer player, he usually kicks soccer balls.
Place 4: Solar Skateboard
It also runs without sunlight – but not for long.
As a first grader, it is impossible to get a driver’s license. Therefore, Conan uses the solar skateboard for faster movement. With the skateboard, Conan can pursue criminals more effectively.
The disadvantage of the solar-powered skateboard is that it only works during the day. Without sunlight, it is only possible to ride for about 30 minutes.
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A player reports that his father has discovered Pokémon GO. But one day he was surprised by dozens of the same Pokémon. Unknowingly, he experienced a Community Day.
A player reports on Reddit that his father recently started playing Pokémon Go and has since been enthusiastically enjoying the game. But recently he explained to his child that the Pokémon Popplio appeared multiple times, not just once. Popplio is the English name for Robball.
So he asks his child, visibly surprised: “I just caught 3 in a row. Is it breeding season??”
Many players find this amusing and explain: His father must have experienced a Community Day live.
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On Community Day a Pokémon spawns particularly strongly
What does Community Day mean? Community Day is a special day that takes place once a month in Pokémon Go. For several hours, participants have various advantages, and the event always revolves around a specific Pokémon that appears particularly often.
What the player’s father experienced there is therefore not really surprising. After all, he experienced a Community Day live, where a Pokémon appears in large numbers. However, without knowing it, as his child writes. During the last Community Day, it was about the popular Pokémon Robbal, which the father then saw and caught by the dozens.
Google accidentally pays an employee a quarter of a million euros. However, the employee is desperately trying to return the money. A wild journey begins, which ends positively for the employee.
Who is it about? Sam Curry is an employee of the Google corporation. Here, he deals with finding and fixing security vulnerabilities. However, a few weeks ago, Google surprisingly transferred about 250,000 euros without explanation. Colleagues from Genbeta.com report this.
While others might have quietly swept this fact under the rug and spent the money, the engineer chose honesty and wanted to return the 250,000 euros to Google. However, Google completely ignored its own employee.
Our title image is a symbolic image and does not represent the Google employee.
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Employee finds a way to contact Google via Twitter
How did the situation develop? Sam Curry tries to contact Google through various channels to get an explanation for this unexpected income. However, when he received no response, he decided to take it a step further and posted a screenshot of the income on his Twitter account, tagging Google. Most companies respond quite quickly on Twitter/X, usually faster than through official support channels.
What happened to the money? Thanks to the viral nature of this news on his X account, he finally managed to get Google to listen to him and open a communication channel. From that moment on, he confirmed through his social network that he had managed to receive a refund of money that ultimately did not belong to him.
To this day, it is unclear why Google made a payment of 250,000 euros to the employee’s account. Since Google has not commented on the error, we can only speculate why the money ended up in the account. In the end, it was perhaps just a typo made by another employee.
More about the office: During the Corona pandemic, many companies were forced to switch to remote work and let their employees work from home. However, many companies now want their employees to return to the office. One employee is prohibited from working from home and must return to the office. But he does not just accept that: Employee is forced into the office by the boss – He gives in and soon has his moment of triumph
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A new expansion of World of Warcraft has launched, and along with it comes a redesign of your character. Not only is the transmog changed, but you also pull out the optically matching mount. Collectors will find many new mounts in Khaz Algar. We will introduce you to some that you can easily farm.
Some are guaranteed drops, others require a bit of farming effort, and yet others need a good dose of luck.
Swarmite Skyhunter
A creepy mount – but easy to obtain. Image source: wowhead
You don’t have to farm the Swarmite Skyhunter in the traditional sense; you receive it upon completing the achievement “Glyph Hunter from Khaz Algar”.
You unlock this achievement by finding all the glyphs while flying in the new areas of The War Within.
You can check your individual progress in the various “Glyph Hunter” achievements.
When you are near a glyph, a text message will appear in the chat, and you will receive a buff that describes the approximate direction of the glyph.
If that’s too much effort, you can also use addons like “HandyNotes: The War Within.” Then all glyphs will be displayed on the map, and you just have to collect them in order.
Once you have collected all the glyphs in the 4 new areas, you will immediately unlock the mount.
Siesbarg
Siesbarg makes a big impression and is quite large. Image source: wowhead
Siesbarg is obtained at the end of a quest line, which, however, requires a significant amount of farming work. Since you will collect a large part of the materials “on the side” from dungeons, the requirement is not as high as one might initially fear.
First, you must defeat the rare enemy Tha’ktath in Azj-Kahet. You can find him at the coordinates 63 / 66 on a rise. However, this mob has a rather high respawn time, so it may take hours before you actually see him. It is likely that you will just encounter him randomly at some point.
Once you have defeated him, you will likely receive “Vial of Tha’kath’s Blood” as a drop. This item starts the quest line, for which you subsequently need to farm several things:
First, 1,500 Nerubian Chitin
Then, 1,000 Nerubian Toxin
Lastly, 500 Blood of the Nerubians
The items drop from all Nerubians in the expansion, including enemies in dungeons and raids. Those who are not in a hurry can let this quest run “on the side.” Others should join a farming group, of which there are usually several in the group finder.
Once you have completed the last step of the quest, you will proudly possess Siesbarg – a rather impressive creature.
You can find 3 more mounts on the next page.
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Even without work experience, the incomplete short resume of Steve Jobs reveals what he was destined to become.
What did Steve Jobs’ resume look like at 18? It is quick to read, as Steve Jobs did not fill in all the fields at 18 in 1973. For one, the future Apple co-founder omitted his phone number, and for another, like most at that age, he had little to no work experience.
But what he did include already shows a clear vision of what he intended to do with his life.
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A Historical Document
Where does the document come from? It was unearthed and published on X by the renowned Bloomberg reporter Jon Erlichman. We’ve embedded his tweet for you here:
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What does the resume say? Aside from the impressive calligraphy of young Jobs, the list of skills he had already acquired stands out: computers and dealing with various types of computers. He also makes it clear which types of jobs he was interested in as a college student: Electronics technician or design engineer. Both seem fitting for the visionary who was to help make the smartphone as we know it today a reality with the iPhone.
Whose resume is the second one? It is quite the opposite of Steve Jobs’ everyday artwork; it is the resume of 18-year-old Bill Gates from 1974: typed on a machine, appearing complete at first glance and much more detailed. His already detailed focus on software programming also stands out.
A gamer purchases a new graphics card on Amazon, but he only receives a fake. This is only noticed when he tries to connect the GPU to his computer.Such scams are repeatedly used on Amazon to harm buyers and Amazon itself.
A graphics card is one of the most important components in a gaming PC. A gamer wanted to invest in a particularly powerful upgrade, but instead, he receives a fake product from Amazon. This is reported by a friend who shares his case.
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Gamer receives cooler without the graphics card’s circuit board
What did the gamer purchase? A gamer orders an RTX 4090 on Amazon. This graphics card is currently the fastest GPU available on the market. The gamer uses a regular Amazon offer to order the graphics card and does not buy through a third-party seller. Here he pays £1,600, which is approximately €1,900.
When he opens the package and wants to connect the graphics card, he finds that the graphics card has no PCIe connection to attach the GPU to the motherboard. A friend must clarify for him: He does not have a graphics card, but only the cooler of a GPU, which is a (used) component offered on eBay for around €100. He posts the image on reddit.com.
Previous buyer sends only the cooling instead of the graphics card back
What exactly happened? In this specific case of the user, we cannot say how the fake came to be. Nevertheless, gamers repeatedly report or show images that they receive only a cooler instead of a GPU. And typically, there is always a similar scheme behind this:
Often there is a fraudster who buys a graphics card, swaps the official cooler for a water cooling block, and then returns only the official cooler to Amazon.
The person in the Amazon warehouse who checks the return does not recognize at first glance that it is “only” the cooler, but not the entire graphics card.
The graphics card is then listed as “like new” again by Amazon because the counterfeit went unnoticed.
The open beta of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has started. MeinMMO shows you which weapons you should play.
What kind of tier list is this? Already in the beta of Black Ops 6, you have a range of weapons at your disposal. We have looked at which weapons are currently being played a lot and perform well.
The meta is currently particularly influenced by submachine guns, as they play ideally on the small maps in combination with the new Omni-Movement.
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CoD Black Ops 6 Tier List of the Best Weapons
S-Tier
C9
A-Tier
Jackal PDW
Tanto .22
XM4
AK-74
AMES 85
B-Tier
XMG
SWAT 5.56
DM-10
SVD
LR .62
Marine SP
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The Best Weapons for Long and Short Distances
Depending on whether you are looking for a weapon for long or short to medium distances, different weapons are available as ideal choices. We present you with 2 options for different distances.
C9 – Submachine Gun
What makes the weapon so strong: The C9 has a high fire rate and a good time-to-kill, making it particularly effective in short to medium-range fights. Since it received a buff just before the start of the open beta, while the previously meta weapon was nerfed, more and more players are now using the C9.
What makes the weapon so strong: The Jackal PDW is characterized by a good time-to-kill and high mobility. It is also relatively easy to control. Since the Jackal PDW was nerfed before the open beta started, it is not as strong as it was in the early access beta.
What makes the weapon so strong? The XM4 is a good choice if you want to play a fully automatic weapon at medium to long distances. The assault rifle has a well-controllable recoil, deals quite high damage, and has a solid fire rate. This makes the XM4 an all-rounder on the battlefield.
AK-74 – Assault Rifle
What makes the weapon so strong? With the AK-74, you choose a weapon that is especially marked by its high damage. While you are not as mobile with the assault rifle as with other weapons, and you have to give up a high fire rate, if you don’t move much or prefer a weapon with high firepower, this is your choice.
Are you looking for an outstanding shooter for the PS5? With the BioShock series, you get a brilliant shooter for just 10 euros.To this day, the series is considered one of the best ever.
The BioShock series is regarded as one of the best shooter franchises that you can play on PC or consoles:
BioShock 1 is considered one of the best shooters ever and has a metascore of 96 today, putting it on the same level as Half-Life 2 (also 96).
Part 2 is still regarded as the weakest game in the trilogy, yet it received a metascore of 88.
BioShock Infinite, part 3 and conclusion of the series, again received 95 out of 100 points. Part 3 differed from its predecessors because this time you got to fight high up in the air instead of in an underwater city.
With the BioShock Collection, you can currently get one of the most popular shooter series on the PS Store for just 10 euros. The offer is valid until September 14, 2024. You can get an initial impression of the series with the following video:
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Bioshock Remastered: Trailer for the 15th anniversary of the shooter hit
BioShock Collection as a Remaster with Better Graphics for PS4
What is the Collection? Behind BioShock: Collection is the official remaster of the shooter series: The graphics and technology have been revamped, and the game now runs on consoles at 60 FPS with high-resolution graphics. There are no real new features or additional content, except for the developer documentary titled “Imagining BioShock,” which does not play a significant role in gameplay.
What’s included? The BioShock: Collection consists of all three well-known BioShock games, including all DLCs. The multiplayer mode from BioShock 2 has been completely removed in this version, but this should not be a loss for most players.
Is it worth it? If you have never played the series and are looking for a brilliant shooter series that will keep you occupied for countless hours, you should definitely give BioShock a chance. It is no wonder that fans have been waiting for a sequel for years.
If you have already played the series and want to experience the games with better technology, then purchasing it might also be worthwhile. However, you must be aware that you won’t get a new story or other new content. Unless, of course, you are keen on the developer’s diary.
The PS5 is now over 3 years old. But is it still worth buying a PS5 in 2024? MeinMMO discusses the pros and cons of the Sony console and explains what you should consider if you are thinking about a purchase: Is it still worth buying a PS5 in 2024?
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It’s time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG News in Two Minutes.” We summarize the most important news about the best genre in the world. Look forward to new content for WoW, a MeinMMO giveaway, a remarkable crossover, and much more.
The highlights of the week:
The developers at Blizzard have announced a massive patch for the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft. Look forward to the return of Blackrock Depths as a raid, a new opening event for the gates of Ahn’Qiraj, celebrations in front of the Caverns of Time, and much more.
The date for the next “Letter from the Producer Live” of Final Fantasy XIV has been set! Naoki Yoshida will discuss the upcoming content for the MMORPG on September 29, 2024, from the Tokyo Game Show (via finalfantasyxiv.com).
This happened with the smaller MMORPGs:
In September and October, elections for the 19th “Council of Stellar” management will be taking place in EVE Online. More information can be found on eveonline.com.
Since September 4, 2024, you can register for the PvP tournament “Silver City Cup” in Tarisland – all information can be found on tarisglobal.com.
For Aion Classic, the update 2.8.5 titled “The Wall of Sorrow” has been released. You can find all the information on the new features at gameforge.com.
The developers of Shroud of the Avatar have added two more optional subscription tiers, for $18 and $27 per month (via shroudoftheavatar.com). The reason: The current revenue from the free-to-play MMORPG is not sufficient to continue the game’s development in the medium term.
Old School RuneScape celebrated strong player numbers this week, with 160,352 fans online at the same time in the MMORPG classic (via Reddit). Various websites report that this is a record. However, ten months ago, the game already had 185,123 concurrently active characters (via Reddit).
On September 3, 2024, a new update for Fractured Online was released, optimizing the engine and bringing quality-of-life improvements. Additionally, you can play the MMORPG for free until September 9, 2024 (via fracturedmmo.com).
On September 10, 2024, the MMORPG classic Tibia will stop supporting older Windows operating systems and will adjust the minimum and recommended system requirements (via tibia.com).
MY.GAMES will no longer act as the publisher for Skyforge. Innova is expected to take on this role in the future. As part of this change, all players of the MMORPG will have to go through an account transfer. All the information can be found at sf.my.games.
With Deepest World, a new MMORPG launched on Steam on September 2, 2024, allowing you to write the characters’ AI via JavaScript. However, the eleven reviews so far are not exactly enthusiastic.
This happened with MMORPGs in development:
Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street spoke about the class design of “Ghost”. There are supposed to be many specialized classes that take on clear roles and possess strengths and weaknesses, similar to MOBAs like League of Legends.
The MMORPG ODIN: Valhalla Rising has been removed from Kakao Games’ release planning, leading to speculation that the game may not be coming to the West after its launch in South Korea in 2021 (via mmorpg.org.pl).
With Patch 7, Baldur’s Gate 3 was considered finished, and the studio wanted to slowly focus on other projects. But now the head of Baldur’s Gate 3 says: The game is not finished yet.
Who is speaking? The person speaking here is Michael Cromwelp Douse. He is the Publishing Director at Larian Studios. As the Publishing Director, he is responsible for the release and distribution of the game and oversees the adherence to the quality standards and expectations of the studio. So, he is very close to the game and knows what is happening at Larian Studios.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is 1 year old and to celebrate the creators share your dirty secrets
What does he say? On Twitter/X, the English magazine PCGamer published an article about Patch 7 for Baldur’s Gate 3 and referred to the update as final major update. Douse then comments with the words: “Good news, folks, it’s not the last update.”
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Did he say what new content is coming? No, he did not want to talk about that to protect his colleagues. In another post, he wrote that more content will come, but he would not reveal any of it. He writes on Twitter/X:
We will not talk about what is coming for the game because that puts too much pressure on the developers, but there are things we have said are still coming, and the cooks need to cook.
However, it is already known from the post about Patch 7 that a photo mode and crossplay will come. What else is planned has not yet been revealed by Larian.
Players eagerly awaited Patch 7 for Baldur’s Gate 3
Why should Patch 7 be the last update? Swen Vincke, head of Larian Studios, explained in an interview that they want to bring one last major update with Patch 7. In doing so, they want to focus on fan requests and take care of a few bug fixes. In particular, the official mod support for Baldur’s Gate 3 is considered an important core theme.
But after this update, Vincke says they want to significantly reduce work on Baldur’s Gate 3: The main priority will then be fixing bugs, as the team wants to focus on working on new projects.
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions brings the beloved magical sport into a standalone game. Players can take on different roles, but the rules modified compared to the films lead to discussions within the community.
What kind of game is this? In Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, you can prove your skills in the popular sports game from the Harry Potter universe and see if you have what it takes to become a world champion.
You can control various Quidditch teams and characters from the series, including Seekers, Chasers, and Beaters. As in the films, you can also catch the Golden Snitch. This point, however, has caused some discussion among players.
You can watch the trailer for the game here:
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Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions – The official gameplay trailer just before launch
Quidditch Champions is supposed to be played like in the film
Why is the game being played incorrectly? Many players are playing Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions incorrectly because they have the rules from the films and books in mind. In the original Quidditch rules from the Harry Potter series, catching the Golden Snitch brings 150 points and ends the game immediately, which often makes the efforts of other players seem unimportant, as the goals are only worth 10 points.
However, in Quidditch Champions, this system has been revised. The Snitch now only brings 30 points, and the game ends only when a team reaches 100 points. Nevertheless, many players expect the Snitch to remain as crucial as in the films and are frustrated when their teammates, especially the Beaters, do not do enough to stop the opposing Seeker.
What are the opinions within the community? In the community of Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, there are already lively discussions after just two days, especially among the players taking on the role of Beater. Many users on Reddit are frustrated that some Beaters do not take their role seriously and fail to prevent the opposing Seeker from catching the Golden Snitch.
The user trainerfly_1 therefore pleads on Reddit: If you play Beater… please, for heaven’s sake, aim for the Seeker as soon as the Snitch appears. Another user complains on Reddit: Nothing is more frustrating than a Seeker whose team is doing well while my team is not. I fly over the field while the other Seeker simply leisurely chases the Snitch.
Especially in the discussions about the game on Steam, you can also find completely opposite opinions. Some players there describe that many hold too tightly to the films and do not see the behavior of the Beaters as problematic, but rather criticize the players who cling too strongly to the original template.
The Nerub’ar Palace will be the first raid in World of Warcraft: The War Within. Just before the release, Blizzard announced a patch in which several classes will receive a significant buff. Even the bosses will be changed again, it seems.
When does the raid start?
The maintenance for the raid will take place for 4 hours during the night from Tuesday, September 10th to Wednesday, September 11th.
From Wednesday, you can then access the normal and heroic modes as well as the 1st wing in LFT. Mythic raids will follow a week later. Here you can find the roadmap for the contents of The War Within.
Blizzard has now announced a patch for the maintenance that changes several classes and bosses.
These are the buffs and nerfs: In a post in the official forum, community manager Kaivax explains that several class sets had to be nerfed because they were otherwise too strong in comparison. In return, the corresponding classes will receive a buff:
Unholy and Blood Death Knights deal 5% more damage with all abilities
Destruction Demon Hunters deal 4% more damage with all abilities
Vengeance Demon Hunters and Destruction Warlocks receive a 3% increase to total damage
Enhancement Shaman receive a buff of 2% to their damage
In the tier sets, the bonuses for 4 pieces usually receive a nerf, and sometimes also those for 2 pieces, such as with the Destruction Demon Hunter, the Warlock and the Shaman. You can find the nerfs in detail in the patch notes.
Blizzard has already announced that during the heroic week (September 11-18), there will be evaluations on what needs to be adjusted for the start of Mythic+, PvP, and the Mythic raids.
Do you need more space for loot in the palace? Here are free bags:
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Adjustments for the bosses in the Nerub’ar Palace before the raid is even here
The data miners from wowhead have found, in addition to the already confirmed nerfs and buffs for the classes, some adjustments for the bosses in the new raid. Although probably very few of you have been part of the tests and seen the raid from the inside, the changes are likely to be important for you.
Out of the 8 bosses in the raid, 6 are receiving a significant buff, including in the normal and heroic modes. Only Sikran will be nerfed. With the other bosses, especially shields and healing absorptions are now stronger.
Even with the final boss, Queen Ansurek, healers now have more to do. You can also just fight them solo in case of emergency, if you’re only interested in the story. Since this is about data mining, however, the changes are not confirmed.
That healers are precisely suffering at the release of the first raid is somewhat logical in a way. There is a buff that increases every week and boosts healing within the raid. This results in an automatic strengthening: The first raid in The War Within nerfs itself every week.
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One of the best loot shooters of all time is currently free, and you can keep it forever. We will show you how to secure it.
Which game is it? Borderlands 2 is currently available through Prime Gaming. It is a first-person perspective loot shooter from Gearbox Software.
The Borderlands series is quite popular among fans of loot shooters. However, the second part has a particularly special status. To this day, Borderlands 2 is considered one of the best loot shooters of all time.
Since its release in 2012, the game has sold over 20 million copies.
How do you secure Borderlands? Simply go to the Prime Gaming website and log in with your Amazon account. Important: You must have an active Prime subscription and link your Prime account to an “Epic Games Store” account.
Meanwhile, Borderlands 4 was announced at the ONL of gamescom:
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Teaser trailer announces Borderlands 4
Borderlands 2 leaves the competition behind
How good is Borderlands 2? Borderlands 2 has really good ratings. On metacritic, the loot shooter has a score of 89 for the PC version, significantly surpassing the first (81) and third (81) parts of the series.
Other loot shooters also fall short compared to Borderlands 2:
Destiny 2 PC version – 83
The Division PC version – 80
The Division 2 PC version – 82
Warframe PC version – 69
Of course, the individual games, especially Destiny 2 and Warframe, have evolved significantly since their release. Additionally, it is always subjective which loot shooter you prefer. Nevertheless, it can be stated that Borderlands 2 is still regarded as one of the best games in the genre.
What makes Borderlands 2 so good? Borderlands 2 is particularly loved by many players for its humor and the various characters.
With Handsome Jack, Borderlands 2 also has not only an extremely entertaining but also a fan-favorite antagonist. Generally, the story of the loot shooter is very well received.
Another highly praised point is the variety of playable builds for each character, as well as the quite large selection of weapons that significantly affect the gameplay experience.
In addition to Borderlands 2, you can also secure “Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel” through Prime Gaming and redeem it in the Epic Games Store. On MeinMMO you can see where “The Pre-Sequel” ranks in our Borderlands games ranking and whether it can compete with Borderlands 2: 6 games related to Borderlands in the ranking
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Blizzard is currently testing many of the changes and new content that Diablo 4 is getting with Season 6 and Vessel of Hatred. Players are noticing more and more details – such as new cosmetic options. And these are being hotly debated.
The PTR for Season 6 is currently running, on which many of the new content can already be tested, such as: the new leveling and Paragon system, the group finder, and rune words.
Apart from the “big” features, there are other changes that stand out to players and cause significant discussions, even though they are absolutely unimportant for gameplay.
This is what players are currently excited about: Right after the start of the PTR, there was already a major topic, the absence of the campfire in character selection. Players on Reddit have hardly discussed any topic more, because without the fire, a piece of nostalgia is missing.
Now the new big topic is… hair. Literally: With Vessel of Hatred, there seem to be new hairstyles for your characters. With over 1,400 upvotes and 400 comments, the thread is currently the largest in the Diablo 4 subreddit.
The new looks seem to be particularly well received for female characters, who previously had only a handful of hairstyles for long hair to choose from. With Vessel of Hatred or Season 6, there seems to be more now. There are also supposed to be new colors for clothing.
Players are noticeably concerned about the appearance of their own character. The comments are indeed focused on that, but hardly on the hairstyles anymore.
We spoke with the heads about the upcoming expansion:
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gamescom 2024: Diablo 4 interview with Rod Fergusson and Gavian Wishaw
“That’s why I don’t play a Druid”
Reddit users are complaining that Druids still only have one body type: rather stocky. There was already this discussion about appearance before release, that Druids are too fat and too weak.
Over the months, the controversy has completely faded, presumably because it simply wasn’t important enough for the majority of players. Now at least Reddit users are digging up the old annoyance again.
Many are simply demanding from Blizzard the ability to define their own body shape. User Crescent_Dusk states: “They could just give us 4 body types to choose from for each class. There are already skinny Druids in the game, so there are no excuses.”
Another user says: That’s why we are now getting the Spiritborn. This is also a class that is nature-oriented and characterized by versatility – but with muscular build and very revealing clothing.
welfedad remarks: “I’m already fat in real life. Being fat in the game does not help me feel included.” Other players find the depiction in the game quite helpful. Other users say: It’s not that bad at all. Being a bulky Maoi or a literal bear makes the Druid fantasy pretty cool.
The streamer DrDisrespect will return today on 06.09.2024 as a content creator, presumably on YouTube. He announced this in a video clip on X (formerly Twitter). The 42-year-old gaming streamer had taken a break from gaming after it became known that he exchanged inappropriate messages with a 17-year-old in 2017 and was subsequently banned from Twitch.
This is DrDisrespect’s announcement:
DrDisrespect uploaded a video yesterday on X, which stylizes him in a motorboat racing to an island with suspenseful music. This is a new version of his usual appearance, where he drives through the streets of a fictional city in a Lambo.
Ultimately, he arrives in the “Arena” in the video, where his “Champion’s Club” is waiting for him. These are all components of the myth he has built around himself.
The final message: “We’ve just started” – “Tomorrow” it should continue. It is expected that he will be back today on 06.09. as a content creator in gaming. Presumably on YouTube, where his channels have been demonetized since 28.06. It would also be possible, although surprising, that he streams on Kick.
That was our position on DrDisrespect’s Twitch ban for many years:
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DrDisrespect was a celebrity on Twitch – His ban remains a big mystery to this day
Award-winning editor leaves DrDisrespect after 6 years
Which employee did he lose? On September 3, DrDisrespect’s longtime video editor announced (via X) that he is quitting after 6 years of working for the influencer. The young man, known on X as “HobbertEdits”, was responsible for DrDisrespect’s video presence and has won awards in the role.
Particularly, DrDisrespect’s YouTube videos are considered extremely well-produced and have been repeatedly praised for their high quality. It seems that DrDisrespect is losing an important employee.
The editor does not give reasons for the separation, only stating that it is time to move on and how proud he was of his work.
One might suspect that a video editor who hasn’t had any videos to edit for more than two months might look for something else. And perhaps DrDisrespect can no longer afford the services of the evidently highly talented man – he already complained in 2023 that his income on YouTube was only a fraction of his earlier earnings on Twitch.
If he returns today, he would have been “on vacation” for 74 days.
Why was DrDisrespect away for so long? For five years, there has been a mystery surrounding why he was banned from Twitch in 2019. But the “resolution” of this mystery did not go as DrDisrespect had envisioned. For all these years, he gave the impression that he had been banned from Twitch without reason – due to a business dispute over a high exclusivity contract.
As the actual circumstances of his ban gradually came to light starting June 22, it had serious consequences for the streamer. It became known that DrDisrespect exchanged inappropriate messages with a 17-year-old back in 2017 via Twitch’s whisper function: DrDisrespect explains what messages led to his Twitch ban
DrDisrespect is live with 141,000 viewers
Update 6.9. 12:20 PM: DrDisrespect is indeed back live. As expected, he is streaming on YouTube and already has over 141,000 viewers by 21:20. His channel with 4.6 million subscribers has only been demonetized on YouTube, not banned.
He is playing the beta of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 but seems dejected as he talks about being out of his gaming studio. That was his big goal.
DrDisrespect says: He did nothing wrong, and he was framed
In a statement, he says he did nothing illegal on the platform. He had stress with an employee there, a partner manager, who supposedly “framed” him for the scandal. The chat messages that led to his ban were harmless and just “banter”.
