Mario is the biggest franchise when it comes to video games, but did you know that Mario only exists because Nintendo couldn’t make a deal with Popeye?
What does Popeye have to do with Mario? Popeye was one of the most popular franchises about 45 years ago and held a significant place with the target audience Nintendo wanted to reach. In 1981, Nintendo focused their efforts on arcade machines and their games, and they probably thought that a game with Popeye could be quite lucrative.
While negotiations with the owners of the Popeye license were ongoing, Shigeru Miyamoto developed initial concepts for the game. Since the negotiations ultimately failed but the development of the game idea had already progressed, it was decided to develop the game anyway.
Here you can see the trailer for Super Mario Bros. Wonder:
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be released in October for Nintendo Switch
From Popeye to Mario without spinach
So how did Popeye turn into Mario? The game was supposed to have three characters:
Popeye who became Mario
Olive Oyl, who became Pauline
Bluto who became the monkey Donkey Kong
The planned characters all received new designs. But spinach was also replaced, instead, there was a hammer that made Mario stronger.
The similarity between the planned Popeye game and the resulting “Donkey Kong” game can be seen most clearly in the posters.
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After the success of Donkey Kong in 1981, Mario became the main character in many more games. Nintendo then had its breakthrough in 1985 with Super Mario Bros. for the NES. Donkey Kong became one of the launch titles for the NES in North America but also had the sequel “Donkey Kong Jr.” on a cartridge.
Due to the great success of the game, there were also ports for home computers like the Commodore 64 and remakes and re-releases of the game for modern platforms.
What was the reaction from the team behind Popeye? The reaction of the people responsible for Popeye is not exactly known. But after Nintendo was very successful with Donkey Kong, they were able to obtain the license for a Popeye arcade game just a year later. The game was also developed by Shigeru Miyamoto.
The Popeye game was also successful and was one of the most popular games in the early 1980s, but it could not reach the cult status of Donkey Kong.
Season 4 has introduced some new features in Diablo 4. One of them is the crafting systems Hardening and Completion. These are actually great, but if you upgrade items in the wrong order, you are literally throwing away Gold.
This is the mistake: If you find a strong item, the first impulse may be to rush to the occultist and re-roll one of the stats that you don’t like – or imprint a legendary affix so that the item fits into your build.
The re-rolling of affixes has increasing costs that are limited. However, they rise rapidly up to this limit.
Per item and roll, this can cost you several million later on.
Imprinting a legendary affix on an item has fixed costs – but even here you generally pay between 100,000 and 400,000 Gold, depending on the item type and level.
If you then harden an item afterwards, you face a problem because the function is limited. You cannot harden an item arbitrarily often, but only as often as potential exists. This specifically means: If you roll the same unneeded affix 5 times in the worst case, the item is nearly useless, even though you have already invested several million.
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Diablo 4: The developers explain the new item system and the new endgame dungeon
Worse does not mean unusable
On Reddit, the user TryBeingCool gives the advice: If you find a good item, harden it first. After that, you can enchant it, because that can be done as often as you like. At least then you have something in hand where the investment is worthwhile.
If you don’t get the desired affixes, you can save the Gold instead. For the simple tip, TryBeingCool received thanks from hundreds of players.
An item that is not perfect does not have to be useless, as other users point out. Just because it doesn’t have 5 perfect stats, it can still be an upgrade. You should just carefully consider how much you want to invest:
This is a very useful hint, but I would like to add that I see many posts here where people label such items as unusable due to hardening. It is not unusable because you can still use it just like before hardening; it just has a useless stat.
In the community, it is often argued that everything that is not perfect should go straight into the trash. However, this only applies if you want to squeeze the last few percentages out of your character and optimize every little detail: “Use the item if it’s good, and farm a new one for hardening.”
Enchanting and Completion are only really necessary and advisable when you have reached the absolute endgame and are trying to conquer the pit. Before that, you should be able to get through the content well enough with Hardening and Imprinting. If you still need help with which stats, affixes, and builds are worth it, check out our tier list: Diablo 4 Season 4 Tier List: The best builds for all classes in the endgame
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In a new video, Marco from Nerdkultur talks about the actor Hugh Jackman in his great role as Wolverine. MeinMMO reveals how he got there and what his journey with the Marvel hero looked like.
Who is Marco Risch? Marco Risch has been uploading videos with news, reviews, analyses, and interviews about current movies, series, and video games on his YouTube channel Nerdkultur since 2015.
In his Podcast Nerd & Kultur he chats every Sunday with his colleague Yves Arievich about topics like Star Wars, Marvel, and DC. Both are part of the Webedia network, of which MeinMMO is also a part.
In a new video, Marco now talks about Hugh Jackman in his iconic role as Wolverine and the personal journey of the actor:
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Danach siehst du Wolverine mit anderen Augen
How did Hugh Jackman actually become Wolverine? Marco provides answers to this question in his video. Hugh Jackman was actually not the first choice for Wolverine, even though today it’s hard to imagine any other actor in that role.
After his first audition, Jackman was convinced he would never see his colleagues again. In the video, you will find out why he later ended up getting the role and why we owe this to actor Tom Cruise.
Hugh Jackman was put into the role so spontaneously that the actor was still in his self-discovery phase during filming. One reason why he always feared being fired. Luckily for the films and fans, this didn’t happen, as X-Men became a huge success – also thanks to Jackman.
In the video, Marco further discusses Jackman’s personal journey in the Marvel Universe. How the actor, at the age of 55, can still embody the role of Wolverine so well, who his role models for the mutant’s fighting style are, and how Wolverine went from a “small supporting character from the source material to the larger-than-life figure representing several generations of X-Men”. Marco here talks about another actor who perfectly captured his role: After this, you will see The Silence of the Lambs in a new light
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The new season in Fortnite is just around the corner. The American rapper Doja Cat is likely to welcome it warmly. She is so annoyed by 2 items from the current season that she has strongly criticized the weapons and players on social media.
Which rapper is being talked about? Doja Cat is currently one of the biggest stars in the R&B scene. In 2018, the video for her single “Moo” became an absolute meme and made her famous on YouTube.
Besides her great musical passion, she has also developed a weakness for Fortnite and even streams irregularly on her Twitch channel. Not long ago, she featured part of the Coachella Festival in Fortnite with her song “Paint The Town Red.”
However, with the ending season, Doja Cat seems to have a significant problem. In her opinion, two items are way too strong, benefiting poor players. On her X account, she vents her frustration.
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Fortnite brings the benders from Avatar into the game
Doja Cat: Waterbending and Hades Chains are for “Losers”
Which OP items does Doja Cat criticize? For the rapper, it is clear: Fortnite is just “damn embarrassing” right now. This is mainly due to the “losers who use waterbending and the Hades chains.” (via X)
Players who actually have skills in aiming must suffer under these weapons. In another post, she addresses the players who particularly use a specific item to their advantage:
“Waterbending is a damn crutch. You’re not good at the game if you use waterbending. I would get depressed if I had to rely on these damn items that aren’t even real weapons.” (via X)
What are these OP items? Waterbending and Hades chains were introduced through a (mini) event in Fortnite.
Waterbending:
Waterbending was introduced during the Avatar event. During the event, players could utilize the 4 known elemental bending arts from the Avatar universe.
Waterbending inflicts relatively high damage, as it fires multiple projectiles in the form of water droplets like a shotgun. The fire rate is also extraordinarily high. You do not need to collect ammunition for it, and you can repeat this attack indefinitely. Even at a distance, you can inflict relatively high damage if you have accurate aiming.
Hades Chains:
The Hades chains were introduced with Chapter 5 Season 2. They are a strong alternative in close combat and can quickly take out an opponent with a good hit. It is hard to evade the attacks of the chains, as they occur very quickly. Additionally, you can pull distant opponents towards you to deal with them in close combat.
Will the OP items also be in the new season? At this time, we cannot determine whether these two weapons will be included in the new season.
Leaks indicate that the mythical age of gods from Season 2 may soon be replaced by another legendary chapter of human history. Whether old seasonal weapons will be carried over into the new season or replaced by new items remains to be seen. You can find all the important information about the new season here: When does Chapter 5 Season 3 start? All info on the live event and leaks at a glance
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With Season 4, Diablo 4 has received numerous revisions. The entire item system has been improved, and you gain more experience points almost throughout the entire game. However, here lies a problem that players have noticed: If you level up too quickly in the campaign, you will eventually hit a wall.
Where does the XP boost come from?
With the changes to Season 4, Blizzard has increased the amount of XP you receive at higher world levels.
Already at World Level 2, you now receive 50% more experience – previously, it was only 20%.
This means: Even without the best tips for leveling, you progress quite quickly, unfortunately even when playing the campaign.
This is a problem: New players are forced to play the campaign at least once. Only then can you access the endgame content, such as the revamped Hell Tides from Season 4.
You will receive significantly less experience if you are overleveling the enemies.
Through campaign and side quests, you reach a high level very early when playing at World Level 2.
However, you cannot unlock World Level 3 with tougher enemies yet.
Specifically, this means: If you want to explore more in the campaign than just the main quest – while playing at World Level 2 – you will quickly overlevel the enemies. The campaign becomes trivial, and you have to slog through the story for several more hours before it finally continues.
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Diablo 4: The boss explains Season 4 in 60 seconds
“Can defeat bosses naked and only need one button”
In a post on Reddit, a user mentions: By the end of Act 2, he and his friend had already reached level 45. They still have 2 acts to complete without significant level progression. They no longer become stronger until the end and can easily defeat all enemies and bosses without challenge.
Other players agree and wonder why Blizzard has still not unlocked World Level 3 for the campaign. This question arose earlier as the same problem existed at release.
Anyone who does all side quests and perhaps explores a bit will be well above level 50 well before the end of the campaign, even on World Level 1. Many players perceive this as a kind of penalty:
If you didn’t just skip things at launch, this problem existed there as well. I did side content and was well over level 50 before I even completed the capstone. This was never well designed for anything other than rushing the campaign.
Some users who passionately play the campaign more often give tips based on their experience. They say: For this reason, they only do the main quest and maybe 1-2 side quests that are simply along the way.
MyMMO editor Sophia Weiß is a big fan of Final Fantasy XIV: Since she started playing, she continually invites friends, relatives, and colleagues to join her. Now she has attempted to level up a new character herself. And she wants to apologize.
Since then, the game has accompanied me through my life. Of course, there are times when I log in more often. With the release of expansions since Stormblood, I always participate in early access and play through the weekend.
Of course, I do it in a way that allows me to spend enough time with my dog, not neglect my personal hygiene, and eat and drink regularly. I’m still not part of the hardcore MMORPG faction.
By the way, I’m really looking forward to the new expansion Dawntrail:
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Final Fantasy XIV: Here are the 2 new jobs in Dawntrail – Pictomancer and Viper in under 2 minutes
Because I have so much fun in Final Fantasy XIV, I recommend the game to everyone who wants to hear it or even those who don’t want to hear it. Just try Final Fantasy XIV – the game is free up to level 70. So you temporarily lose some storage space, and if you don’t like it, you can simply uninstall it. My friend circle can sing a song about it.
I always thought that I was having so much fun with the game. My fantasy and story-loving acquaintances must also have fun with it. Absolutely.
Yes, but unfortunately no. And I’m incredibly sorry.
A Realm Reborn is for people who like to grind
I planned to write a special about what it’s like to start again with Final Fantasy XIV in 2024. With positive spirits, I logged in and, for a change, did not choose my familiar catgirl. Instead, I picked a new data center and created a new character.
I managed these first hurdles with flying colors: Creating a new character was quick for me. However, this time I wanted to see a different beginning than in my first run, so I chose Marauder or Warrior starting in Limsa Lominsa.
Apparently, there was once a concept for a female version of the male Warrior of Light in the promo materials. I tried to implement it.
So far so good. But already after the intro cutscene, things became tougher.
First, the game (once again) taught me the controls. Then I was supposed to talk to several NPCs. I was still in my own instance, all without other players. So there was nothing to see yet.
Essential components of the game are explained in popping up, but sometimes multi-page boxes. Unfortunately, I clicked some of them away.
These explanation boxes are supposed to help start the game well, but they are mostly overwhelming.
Eventually, I was finally registered in the Adventurers’ Guild. Now it can begin, right? Wealth, power, and glory as a Warrior of Light?
No. The next explanation boxes with even more knowledge needed to be read. Sigh.
Maybe it’s because I’m a long-time player and know everything already. Maybe I’m just damn impatient. But the start of the game still feels incredibly tough in 2024:
way too much reading
way too much to do
way too much grinding
way too many different things I now have to learn through these uncomfortable boxes
Honestly? I had no fun. After a few hours, I threw in the towel. Because of a mechanic that is important in the endgame. And that, even though I wrote earlier this year, that the game is still worth it for new starters in 2024.
At level 90, gear level is important – But at level 10?
The most important task in Final Fantasy XIV for all players is the main story. From level 1 to endgame content: The main story accompanies you throughout. So anyone starting fresh in Final Fantasy XIV will first focus on the main story as well as the quest belonging to the chosen class.
However, the main quest is often linked with conditions:
Complete Dungeon 123
Talk to NPC XYZ
Collect 23 Bug Wings
When I aborted my attempt, the condition of my main quest was that I should reach a specific gear level aka a specific item level with my character’s equipment. The veteran in me knows exactly what that means: The better my armor and weapon, the more my character can take and deal.
In the endgame, you need specific gear levels to participate in content: If you can’t manage to get the right gear, you may not be ready for Anabaseios – Ninth Circle (Epic). This is the first of the current, hard 8-man raids.
New gear is often obtained as quest rewards or can be purchased.
The main quest showers players with experience points and equipment – if you can complete a quest.
But the thing is, I obviously don’t know right off the bat which (side) quests give me the needed gear parts. And a glance at my meager in-game wallet told me immediately that I could save myself the buying.
Long story short: I was stuck in the main story in the middle of the night and would have needed to sequentially farm quests.
Honestly, I wasn’t in the mood for that. I logged out and have since not felt the need to continue playing. If I were a newbie and this was my first visit to the game, I would be done by now – without having seen the remaining content.
The hard part is yet to come
Call me weak, but I really don’t know if I could manage to go from level 1 to 90 again. I only started to really enjoy Final Fantasy XIV from the content shortly after the end of the first expansion Heavensward.
Although the development team has adjusted, simplified, and streamlined the entry point over the years, the base game and the patch quests up to the start of the first expansion are still the toughest part a beginner has to get through.
I can’t currently imagine playing through all that again. That’s easily around 200 hours of gameplay. And then I’m only at Heavensward and haven’t even started any of the side quests like raids.
So why not, when Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail, the next expansion, is supposed to start a completely new story? Now it would be easy to catapult people directly into the new expansion with perhaps a 2-hour long intro.
Maybe I’m too lazy to start from scratch with Final Fantasy XIV again. Perhaps I’m too spoiled by the quality of the later content.
No matter why: I absolutely do not want to start the game from the beginning again.
And that’s why I would like to officially and sincerely apologize to all the people who started and then quit the game because of me.
Yes, it’s a really great game. But the beginning is indeed hard, and my promotional attempts do not reflect what someone really experiences in A Realm Reborn. Furthermore, it’s not fair of me to expect others to invest the required high amount of time and energy into the game.
So in the future, I’ll come up with slightly adjusted recruitment slogans. The game is a great experience after all. I will probably just communicate more openly how exhausting the start can be for someone who comes for the story rather than for the MMORPG content.
So. Now that this is done, I can finally prepare for Dawntrail.
Actually, I’m currently a bit behind and need to catch up on a few patches of the main story. I might also level my last crafter to 90. And I still need to unlock a new fancy outfit for my character. If you’re unsure what you should accomplish yourself before the launch, we have a checklist for you: 10 things you should do in Final Fantasy XIV before Dawntrail arrives.
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A gamer claimed his defective Nvidia RTX 3080 to Asus. As a replacement, the manufacturer sent him 3 graphics cards in succession, all of which had defects. Only with the 4th replacement card did his odyssey come to an end.
The warranty process for defective hardware can sometimes take a very long time. The affected component is sent in or handed over on-site at the dealer.
A gamer reporting his service case on Reddit went through this described process with his RTX 3080 from Asus. However, the manufacturer’s support needed several attempts and 4 graphics cards before the problem was finally resolved.
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Gamer Receives 3 Defective Graphics Cards as a Replacement
What happened during the claim? On Reddit, the gamer fedlol reports about the service case he had to endure with his Nvidia RTX 3080 from Asus. The graphics card sporadically did not display an image. Therefore, fedlol sent the card in September 2023 for warranty repair to the manufacturer.
The RTX 3080 was returned unrepaired, as supposedly no fault was found. However, according to the gamer, the graphics card now had 2 huge scratches on the underside.
It took a month for the gamer, thanks to his persistence, to convince support to check the card again. Fortunately, no unnecessary additional costs were incurred in the process, unlike another user when he visited a PC workshop.
When I originally sent my GPU back via RMA (it sporadically output a black screen), they told me that nothing was wrong with it after testing and sent it back to me with two huge scratches on the back plate. I should have charged them for the scratches.
It took a month to get them to test it a second time. Then they concluded that it was no longer functional, […]
What happened next? When fedlol received a different RTX 3080 as a replacement from Asus support, he noticed that it was not very securely packaged and was therefore bent.
For this reason, he claimed this replacement card, which at least corresponded to the original version and, unlike in the case of another gamer, was not replaced with a cheaper model.
Then he received two more graphics cards that also had defects. Due to visible warping of the boards, backs, fan covers, and slot covers at the connectors, he also sent these two cards back to Asus untested.
They sent a bent specimen, I sent it back, they sent another, I sent it back again, etc. There was no refund. If anything, it cost me gas money to have to go to the post office so often.
And I don’t believe that they worked. I didn’t bother to test them, but every time they sent me a replacement card, there was a note saying that the last card had failed the test and was replaced.
After a long 3 months and a total of 3 defective replacement graphics cards, the gamer is said to have finally received a functioning RTX 3080 in December 2023. Whether this was because the card was better packaged than the previous ones, the gamer unfortunately does not tell us.
The gaming influencers from FaZe Clan became famous with trick shots in Call of Duty. Then they sold their name and good reputation and went public. After the stock plummeted, they are back now and in good spirits. A relaunch of their clan generated massive interest on the internet.
This is the FaZe Clan:
The FaZe Clan is a “notably cool” e-sports organization that has its roots in trick shots: They became famous on YouTube with trick shot videos starting in 2010. Initially, there were three people.
PvP games are often the games that bring e-sport clans to the top:
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3 shooters where you can play in PvP mode
Clan sells its name on the stock market
That was the dark time for the clan: The FaZe Clan became increasingly commercial, and the original founders sold their shares, relinquished control, and stepped back. Other members joined the clan:
However, this failed catastrophically, and the stock plummeted sharply within a short time. Fans of the clan who had invested in the stock lost a large part of their investment.
This is the current status: The influencers of yore have now regained control of the clan. Founder Richard “FaZe Banks” Bengston (32) is setting the tone.
However, the clan now belongs 51% to the company GameSquare and 49% to DraftKings co-founder Matt Kalish:
GameSquare is a company focused on influencer marketing with an emphasis on esports
DraftKings is a provider of sports betting
According to Wallstreet-Online, the relaunch of FaZe on April 27 generated an extreme influx on social media. The clan was the number 1 trending topic on Twitter. Also, the search interest was, according to Google Trends, huge.
It is said: “The internet is captivated by the return of FaZe Banks.”
FaZe belongs in the history books: It’s fcking super important
Here’s what Banks says: As a visible symbol of the new beginning, Banks has let go of a large part of the clan members.
Banks says: He cannot apologize for anything (via kotaku) that feels right. He has seen how FaZe was poorly managed and how life was drained from the clan.
Now he wants to lead the brand back to the top. It has changed the lives of so many fcking people and is fcking super important.
FaZe belongs in history books and museums, not on a bag of fcking pizza rolls. Well, there it is.
What’s behind this: The ironic thing is that Banks acts as if the “commercialization of FaZe” occurred entirely against his will and as if he did not benefit from it at all. However, the growing commercialization fits perfectly with everything we know about FaZe Banks, who had previously pursued clear financial interests and acted quite unscrupulously. His role in the draconian contract with Tfue is not that of a cool buddy who looks after a young talent like an older brother but that of a tough manager who primarily thinks about money.
It is also noticeable that FaZe has been repeatedly criticized in the past for being ruthless when it comes to cashing in on its own name and image – often at the expense of the fans. There are many stories about dubious deals, even before the clan went public.
At Riot Games, the Executive Producer, Anna Donlon, has now spoken out about the global outrage surrounding Valorant . A Twitch streamer publicly lamented how severely she was harassed in the shooter and demanded harsh consequences for the perpetrators.
This was the outrage: The incident occurred on May 13. We reported on it at MeinMMO:
The Twitch streamer TaylorMorgan shared a very unpleasant, possibly even criminally relevant encounter in Valorant.
A teammate asked her if she knew how it felt to be raped. When she replied no, he asked if she wanted to find out. She repeatedly asked if the teammate was threatening her with rape.
For the streamer, a line had been crossed, she left the match, accepted a penalty for it, and made the issue public. She demanded harsh consequences for these players from Riot Games. It couldn’t just be a slap on the wrist and a 3-day ban.
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Tweet highlights toxic behavior towards women, goes viral
What waves did this issue create? The tweet from TaylorMorgan went viral and reached 39 million views.
Gaming sites worldwide reported on the incident.
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This is what Riot says now: The responsible person at Riot Games, Anna Donlon, says that “Riot needs to do better” at responding to in-game threats. The current punishments for such behavior are “not enough”.
The producer states that the incident has been the most important issue on her mind for days. This applies to other employees at Riot as well.
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It is important to take action here. Therefore, she did not want to respond immediately but to wait for an answer until she has “pressed the right buttons” and not just given empty words.
How is this to be understood? It seems that she acted afterwards, permanently banning the corresponding player and also ensured that internal vigilance at Riot Games increased before she spoke out about it now, 2 days after the incident.
Valorant boss hints at permanent ban and stricter measures
What happens now? The boss assures the Twitch streamer that “actions will be taken against the corresponding account.” She also says: She knows that this is not enough. She apologizes to the streamer for her having to experience such things.
Donlon promises: The issue is of great importance and high priority for her.
She says they will not disclose exact details about how they will deal with the account – but it sounds like a permanent ban has occurred.
Bans for all accounts are “definitely an option in the future” for Riot
In addition, Donlon assures that they take the topic of “in-game threats and harassment” extremely seriously and will soon explain in a longer post how they plan to tackle it. The post will be published when she has gathered her thoughts.
A permanent ban for all accounts of such a perpetrator is “definitely an option in the future”, even if there are some technical difficulties to overcome.
Anyone who wants to watch Dragon Ball has a lot of options. The original, Dragon Ball Z, Super, GT, and a ton of movies provide hours of entertainment. However, there is also a fan project on YouTube that you should keep an eye on: “Dragon Ball Z Abridged” rightly has a lot of fans, as noted by MeinMMO author Max Handwerk.
What is Dragon Ball Z Abridged? Dragon Ball Z Abridged is an unofficial fan parody on YouTube, whose first episode was released in November 2008. It comes from the English-speaking YouTuber group TeamFourStar.
Basically, it is a re-synchronization of Dragon Ball Z, which begins with the attack of Son Goku’s brother Radditz on Earth. Over the years, new episodes kept coming out until the series reached its peak in September 2018, ten years after its start, with the final battle between Cell and Son Gohan. In December 2018, there was still an epilogue set in the future of Trunks.
In 2020, the decision was made to end the series and not to adapt the missing Buu Saga. It wasn’t until four years later, in 2024, that a few short clips were added, which at least covered part of the Buu Saga.
You can watch them here. But be careful! If you want the full experience, you might not want to start with the Buu video, as many running gags contained within had to develop beforehand.
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There are a total of 60 episodes in the main series, with some of them being multi-part. Additionally, there are various specials and abridged versions of classic Dragonball movies, as well as a few clips related to Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Kai.
In short: There are hours and hours of this fan version of Dragon Ball available to watch on YouTube. But: How can a parody actually become this long?
Simple: It was successful and damn popular. And rightly so.
From silly parody to a true masterpiece
This is how the series was received: Looking at the numbers and comments on the episodes today, one finds above all one thing: A lot of love from fans who found their way back to the world of Dragon Ball through DBZA. I felt the same way when I discovered the series around 2016 – well after its launch.
Today, in the series finale, comments such as:
“This was supposed to be a parody, not a damn masterpiece”
“I don’t even call it Abridged anymore, it’s basically the TFS Dub”
Or, in the first episode: “Here I am again starting all over”
Many comment in a similar manner. And it is truly remarkable how the series has evolved: Having watched the entire series and then clicking back to the first episode, one quickly sees how significant the jump is. It begins with the rather mediocre sound quality at the start and ends with some rather silly jokes. You can also tell from the voices: They haven’t quite found their roles yet.
Nevertheless: Even in the early days, some gags land, and you can already tell from the early episodes that there are people at work here who love the original.
Describing DBZA’s humor in writing probably doesn’t do it justice. Therefore, here’s the link to the first episode of DBZA:
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And the rest catches up massively in no time. The parody aligns closer and closer to the original, the fight against Nappa and Vegeta has some great moments, and by the time we reach Namek, everything clicks into place.
The voice cast then fully arrives. Especially characters like Frieza, Cell, Trunks, Vegeta, and Piccolo are executed extremely well and actually hold up to the original voice actors.
As a comparison, one of my favorite examples – the Dragon Ball Z Abridged version of the original Broly movie:
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The initially silly parody actually becomes one thing over time: A significantly funnier and perhaps even cleverer re-dubbing of the original that gains the necessary seriousness in dramatic moments. The masterpiece comments do not come from nowhere.
In terms of numbers, DBZA is also immensely successful.
The Broly movie has over 37 million views on YouTube
The first episode has 33 million views
Episode 30, the final fight against Frieza, has 28 million views
And all other episodes are also generally in various million ranges
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Dragon Ball: This is what the Z in the title stands for
Author’s recommendation: DBZA has now aged quite a bit but is not outdated. When the “Buu Bits” were released last year, it felt like an unexpected Christmas gift, and I was incredibly happy to receive more from TFS.
If DBZA has passed you by so far: If you love Dragon Ball and have no problem with English series (since DBZA is completely in English), definitely check it out. For me, this beloved project by a group of fans that turned into something much bigger – a wonderful re-entry into the Dragon Ball world that I would recommend to any fan. If you are waiting for new official content about Dragon Ball: A new series called Dragon Ball Daima is also in production.
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Diablo Immortal has received two new classes since its release. Senior Narrative Designer Ryan Quinn and Lead Game Designer for Content Scott Burgess answered MeinMMO’s questions regarding the development of the new hero. This can certainly teach Diablo 4, as it is still waiting for its first new class.
In July 2023, the Blood Knight was introduced as the seventh class for Diablo, albeit for the less popular part of the series, Diablo Immortal. The game faces ongoing P2W accusations against it. In Diablo 4, players, on the other hand, can choose between five classes, and that hasn’t changed since the release in June 2023. Since then, fans have been waiting in vain for another class.
Recently, Blizzard introduced the next new class, which will be free to play, and announced: It will also be available for Diablo Immortal and is coming later this month. In a conversation with MeinMMO, the developers of Diablo Immortal answered a few questions about the new class. Other Diablo teams can certainly benefit from this.
“Vessel of Hatred” brings a new class to Diablo 4. Here you can see a trailerfor the first expansion for Diablo 4:
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Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred – Teaser Trailer
A balanced mix of magic and melee
What kind of new class is this? On May 23, 2024, Diablo Immortal will receive the new eighth class named “Tempest.” This is an agile fighter who, according to Senior Narrative Designer Ryan Quinn, can move across the battlefield as if he were dancing.
For the Tempest class, the team wanted to utilize elemental control. Hence, they came up with the idea of the northern elements, Wind and Water. This allows the hero to push his enemies across the battlefield and strike them with elemental fury.
Tempests are capable of passively summoning Zephyrs—misty shadows that appear at various points on the battlefield and repeat/duplicate skills. To use this effectively, the positioning of the player character plays an important role. The Tempest class is based on strength and the balance between magic and melee is almost 50–50, according to Ryan Quinn.
The goal is to create new identities
How was the development of the new classes? Diablo Immortal launched in 2022 with six classes: Barbarian, Wizard, Monk, Demon Hunter, Crusader, and Necromancer. With the new classes, the team had the opportunity to experience entirely new ways of playing:
Blood Knights and Tempests are our first classes after the release of Diablo Immortal, and they are new to the Diablo universe.We started Immortal with six familiar classes that many of us have played since Diablo 3 or, in some cases, since Diablo 2. We had a strong foundation of well-known classes, identities that players already know and are excited about.
After the launch, we had the opportunity to create some new identities that were unique to Immortal, but also filled archetypes that we had not seen in the six core classes. By archetypes, I essentially mean everything: the different settings of the lore, like the monstrosity of the Blood Knight or the pure souls of the Tempests.
They also have different silhouettes—these types look different from your Barbarian and Necromancer in a line-up—they have different color palettes, different effects, and of course, what might be the most important, different playstyles. Playing a Blood Knight feels neither like playing a Barbarian nor like playing a Tempest. That is what excites us the most when we think about new classes.
What does this mean for Diablo 4? Regarding the exchange of experiences with colleagues, Ryan Quinn notes that the team constantly talks with the other Diablo teams about their creations. “We exchange ideas with each other. We are really excited about how each team expands, develops, and deepens the Diablo universe,” reports the Senior Narrative Designer.
Blood Knights are the first new class in the entire Diablo franchise since the Witch Doctor was introduced in Diablo 3 in 2012, or the Crusader in Reaper of Souls (2014). Since the introduction of the first new class for Immortal, there have been discussions about whether it should also appear in Diablo 4 and if it’s the right choice for that.
The first new class will enter Diablo 4 with the expansion “Vessel of Hatred,” which is scheduled for late 2024. Whether and when other classes will follow, and how the teams will inspire each other in the process, remains to be seen. Perhaps we can also expect new classes in Diablo 4 that play completely differently from those we already know. The new hero in Diablo Immortal sounds like 2 of the best classes from Baldur’s Gate 3 and is free for all
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It is again time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG news in two minutes”. We summarize the most important news about the best genre in the world for you. Look forward to the return to Pandaria, gameplay from FFXIV: Dawntrail and a new update for HdRO. In addition, MMORPG hopefuls are starting new test rounds.
Until level 20, users of the free trial version of WoW can also try out the event. As a reward, a stylish phoenix mount awaits. Those who want to continue leveling afterwards need an active subscription for World of Warcraft.
In the course of the 81st producer letter, there was, among other things, a new gameplay video for the two new jobs Viper and Piktomant. Furthermore, all players are expected to earn a copy of Fantasia to adjust the character’s appearance (and even the race) once.
What else happened? The MeinMMO editorial team continues to prepare a packed theme week around the genre of MMORPGs. During this week, we will crown the best online role-playing game of all time, chosen by … you! If you haven’t participated in the survey yet, you can catch up here: Join our survey and vote for the best MMORPG of all time.
Here you can watch the gameplay of the new jobs from Final Fantasy XIV:
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Final Fantasy 14: The New Jobs from Dawntrail in Gameplay
The servers of Final Fantasy XIV have been victims of DDoS attacks for some time now. Naoki Yoshida talks about the largest and longest attack since the first launch in 2010 (via MMORPG.com).
What happens when a longtime ESO player tries WoW for the first time? Well, this.
For Black Desert, a new content update was released on May 14. Now there is a simpler alternative to Eretheas’ Forgetting with Eretheas’ Trial. Additionally, you can earn a new ring (via official patch notes).
The developers of Runescape have unveiled the roadmap for the period from April to December 2024 (via official website). You can expect fresh story content, events, group challenges, and more.
The next update of Star Trek Online, “Unparalleled,” will be released for PC on May 28, 2024. The console version is expected to follow in June. With the patch, the developers continue the saga of the Borg and also release a new deployment command and a fresh event (via Cryptic).
DC Universe Online will receive a new episode on May 23, in which Brainiac makes his return (via YouTube).
The Steam release of Palia was mediocre, but the ratings have been rising ever since.
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Palia | Steam Release Date Announce Trailer
What happened with MMORPGs in development:
The developers of Pax Dei celebrated a successful second alpha phase with over 100,000 invited players and various statistics from the alpha (via Massivelyop).
Level Infinite has announced the third technical test for Tarisland at the end of May. About 10,000 players are expected to be involved in the test. You can register via the official website. The release of Tarisland in Germany is expected to take place between June 19 and 30.
The developers of Quinfall have announced the next beta phase for June. For the beta, there was a comprehensive roadmap detailing the current development status of about 50 features (via official website).
With that, we have summarized the most important things that recently happened in the world of MMORPGs.
What did you enjoy this week? What annoyed you? Let us know in the comments at MeinMMO. If you are looking for affordable MMORPGs in 2024, the following list might help you: The 12 best free-to-play MMORPGs 2024 in comparison
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The Pokémon GO Community Day in May 2024 brings Frubberl. How to make the most out of the event on May 19, 2024, is explained here in the guide.
When does the Community Day start? It starts on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 2:00 PM. It will run until 5:00 PM. After that, there will still be four-star raids available.
What kind of event is it? This time the Community Day brings the “Fruit Pokémon” Frubberl. It belongs to the Grass type and comes from the seventh generation. It evolves into Frubaila and then into Fruyal.
As always on Community Day, Frubberl will appear everywhere in the game and will be the prominent spawn during the event. Additionally, you will have an increased shiny chance when catching the monster. There will also be other bonuses.
We summarize these bonuses and how to prepare here.
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Pokémon GO: This is what the new season ‘World full of Wonders’ looks like in the trailer
Community Day in May 2024 with Frubberl – Start, Bonuses, Event Info
What? Community Day with Frubberl When? Sunday, May 19, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Exclusive Attack: “Turmick” for Frubaila if you evolve Fruyal by 10:00 PM. Bonuses: – Increased shiny chance for Frubberl – Four times hatch speed for eggs activated during the event – Double catch candy – Double the chance of XL candy when catching Pokémon starting from level 31 – Lures and incense last three hours (excluding daily adventure incense) – Snapshot surprises with Frubberl – Field research with Frubberl – Showcases with Frubberl
Bonuses until 10:00 PM local time: – One additional special trade – 50% reduced stardust cost when trading
Special Research: As usual, there will be a paid, optional special research for about 1 Euro in the shop when the Community Day starts.
What happens after the Community Day? After 5:00 PM, you can still participate in bonus raids of level 4. These will run until 10:00 PM and will feature a battle with Frubaila. If you defeat it, more Frubberl with increased shiny chance will appear around the arena for 30 minutes.
Attention: These raids can only be started on-site, not via remote raid.
Who should participate in the Community Day with Frubberl?
For collectors: As always, Community Day is a great opportunity for collectors to secure a monster and enough candies for its evolution. Plus, you have the chance to catch the shiny, which is one of the more eye-catching ones in Pokémon GO. There are significantly fewer cool shinies.
This is what shiny Frubberl looks like: Here you see shiny Frubberl, shiny Frubaila, and shiny Fruyal in comparison.
This is what shiny Frubberl and its evolutions look like
For fighters: Unfortunately, Frubberl is not that great here. Neither its first stage nor its evolutions are really strong with the currently available moveset – this applies to both PvP battles and as an attacker in raids or gyms. Looking at the best attackers in Pokémon GO, there are stronger options.
In fact, Frubberl is even notoriously known for being more of prey – more about that here:
How to prepare for the Community Day with Frubberl
Make some space: As always on Community Day: Make space in your Pokémon box. This way, you can catch plenty of monsters without interruption and later sort out which ones you want to keep. If you don’t clear space beforehand, you may have to frequently tidy up your box during the event when you actually want to roam around and catch monsters. You can find a trick for quick sorting here.
Which items do I need? The following items may be useful during the Community Day:
Balls: You will always need them in large quantities on Community Day to catch many monsters. If you are short on balls, here are tips for collecting Poké balls.
Egg incubator: This is particularly important on Community Day with Frubberl: Make sure your incubator is empty when the event starts. Because you only get the four times hatch speed for eggs that you place in the incubator during the event. Don’t waste this timing just to save kilometers.
Sananabeere: Always good, as they double the candy count when catching. Since there are already double candies, you can directly receive four times the candies. Tip: This also applies to raid bosses that you challenge!
Incense and lures: Both last three hours during the event. Keep in mind: Incense attracts Pokémon while you are moving, whereas lures attract stationary monsters to a PokéStop. Tip: If you activate the items towards the end of the event, for example, one hour before it ends, three hours will still be unlocked – this way you can extend your incense beyond the Community Day and attract other spawns after the event.
Which mega Pokémon should I activate? Use an active grass-type mega evolution to get extra candies when catching. Suitable options include:
Mega-Bisaflor
Mega-Rexblisar
Mega-Gewaldro
Proto-Groudon (boosts grass, although it itself does not belong to that type)
The Community Day is slowly gearing up for the finale of May and thus for the conclusion of the current season “World Full of Wonders.” Because on June 1, the next season will start, bringing new content, additional spawns, and more. Until then, however, there are still some exciting events to come, including the debuts of some Ultra Beasts: 5 special Pokémon that you can still catch in May.
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German trailer for season 1 of the crime series Rizzoli & Isles
The drama series revolves around the investigative work of police officer Jane Rizzoli and her friend, the medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. They could hardly be more different in character, but it is precisely because of their different perspectives and professional focuses that they form a successful team that gets to the bottom of difficult cases.
Watch Rizzoli & Isles if you like the following about The Rookie:
Crimes that are investigated and solved
Close working relationships of the characters
Focus on character development
Self-contained cases
This is what the IMDb ratings say: With 38,140 ratings, the series averages 7.6 stars on IMDb.
Fun fact: When Maura tells Jane that she might “move to Maine and write crime novels,” it is a reference to Tess Gerritsen. She is the author of the books on which the TV series is based. (via IMDb)
2. Navy CIS
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Trailer for Season 17 of Navy CIS
Navy CIS focuses on a team of investigators who concentrate on cases related to the Navy or the Marines.
Under the leadership of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a team of specialists works together to solve crimes. A particular focus in the series is not only on the criminal work but especially on the dynamics between the various characters.
Watch Navy CIS if you like the following about The Rookie:
Prosecution and investigations
New case per episode
Focus on working relationships
Character development
A dose of humor
This is what the IMDb ratings say: With an average of 7.8 stars, the series has a total of 163,501 IMDb ratings.
Fun fact: Pauley Perrette plays a forensics expert in the series. In fact, the actress had a degree in forensics before the series. (via IMDb)
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Rusty’s Retirement is a new farming game on Steam that has a very special twist: It only takes up about a quarter of your screen and runs automatically while you do other tasks on your PC. Its success could change the life of a developer.
This is what the developer is celebrating: On X, formerly Twitter, Jordan Morris, the solo developer behind Rusty’s Retirement and the popular Metroidvania Haiku, the Robot, reported on May 13 that his new farming sim has sold 200,000 copies just over 2 weeks after its release.
The developer writes that he has mainly worked on fixes for the game since launch and is just starting to process it all: “I am only now realizing how life-changing this is. From the bottom of my heart, thank you very much.”
Just 5 days after its release, Rusty’s Retirement surpassed 100,000 sales. As Morris emphasizes, he is not just focused on financial success when developing his games. He is incredibly proud to have created something that genuinely brings joy to people.”
Stardew Valley was one of the obvious inspirations for Rusty’s Retirement.
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Stardew Valley Trailer
Gaming for multitasking artists
What kind of game is this anyway? Rusty’s Retirement is an idle game in the style of Stardew Valley that sits at the bottom or side of the screen. This way, players can watch their farm grow and thrive while doing work, writing assignments, or completing mundane tasks on the PC.
The concept is reminiscent of so-called screenmates, a kind of Tamagotchi for the desktop that was popular a few years ago. The concept is being received exceptionally well: On Steam, Rusty’s Retirement has achieved a top rating of 96% positive.
However, not all players manage to resist the temptation to look at their farm constantly instead of working productively. As a productivity tool, Rusty’s Retirement is therefore only recommended with reservations. We have compiled some reviews for you here.
SeaKingNeptune: “I’m reviewing it while playing it! I can watch my TV shows and check on my farm, which is great!!! If you’re looking for a cozy idle game, this is it!”
Lightclaw: “It’s a very good semi-idle game for my tendency towards divided attention. At 135 hours, I managed to complete this game 100% while working, being away, and only taking care of the farm in between.[…]”
[GWJ] Unicycles: “This is what I call ADHD gaming. It’s really very cute and as someone with ADHD who spends a lot of time learning/working at home, it’s pleasant and unobtrusive enough to be a nice little dopamine rush between tasks.[…]”
Faker was significantly involved in G2’s clear defeat against T1 in the League of Legends tournament MSI 2024. Soon after, however, T1 itself had to concede defeat against BLG, which meant their exit from the tournament.
Who did Faker kick out of MSI 2024? On May 17, Faker and his team T1 faced their European rival G2 again in MSI 2024. The match went for G2 even more disappointing than expected, as they had to accept an elimination from the tournament with a score of 3-0.
Today, on May 18, 2024, the world champion was competing for a spot in the finals against the Chinese team Bilibili Gaming (short BLG). Faker and his team could not prevail against BLG and therefore will not be able to compete in the finals against Gen G.
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The Life of Faker – Why He is a Living Legend
Eliminated Just Before the Finish Line
How did the game go? Overall, one can say that T1 and BLG delivered an exciting encounter. Right from the first game, they went aggressively at each other. The match ended after just 29 minutes with a victory for the Chinese team. BLG then appeared very motivated and provoked the camera by announcing that their plan was now to win with a 3-0.
However, T1 pulled themselves together in the second game, and Faker and his team managed to equalize. Both teams then had a neck-and-neck race until it was finally 2-2. In the last round of their best-of-5 duel, Bilibili, however, dominated clearly again, which ultimately led to their victory. This led to the elimination of Faker and T1 in MSI 2024.
Who is playing in the finals? In the final of MSI 2024, BLG and Gen G. will now face off after T1’s elimination. The match will take place tomorrow, on May 19, at 10 a.m. You can follow the whole event on the YouTube channel of LoL-Esport.
The defeat of T1 against BLG is likely to be hard to bear. Before their battle against G2, they were very confident regarding MSI, but especially about fighting against European teams. How optimistic T1’s Zeus still was at that time can be read here: LoL: 20-Year-Old Shows No Respect for the Best Team Europe Has to Offer
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Elias Olkkonen lost his professional career at the age of 14 due to a ban in CS:GO. His story led to a review of the tournament rules by Valve.
Who is it about? This is about the then 14-year-old Elias Jamppi Olkkonen. At that time, he bought a second copy of CS:GO for a LAN party for his friend and sold this account to his friend later that same evening.
However, this account was later banned. Since the copy came from Jamppi’s account, this had serious consequences for his professional career.
Since then, Jamppi has been allowed to participate in tournaments not directly organized by Valve. However, due to the ban, he could not participate in the Major tournaments that are among the most important in the scene. This made him unattractive for most teams.
In 2020, he sued Valve. Initially, he sued the wrong company. Although the court and Valve agreed that Jamppi was not at fault for the ban, they upheld their ruling.
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Counter Strike: Global Offensive Trailer
Jampii’s story brings about change
What rule was changed? Due to the previous ruling, Jamppi decided to switch to the competitor Valorant, as his ban had no effect on his career there. Nevertheless, it seemed that his story prompted Valve to reconsider their regulations.
In April 2021, three months after Jamppi’s switch to Valorant, Valve announced on their website that they would be changing their tournament rules. In their statement, they said:
Up until now, players could not participate in official Valve events if they had received a VAC ban in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. These guidelines had not been updated since the game was released, when all VAC bans were still relatively new. However, there are some bans that are already eight years old, so we have decided to update the rules. From now on, a VAC ban will only be a reason for disqualification in two cases: if it was imposed within the last five years, or if it was imposed at any time after participating in an official Valve event.
What is Jamppi doing today? Jamppi has been playing for Team Liquid since February 25, 2021, and has remained loyal to the game Valorant. His signature agents primarily include initiators like Breach, Sova, or KAY/O. Although he no longer plays Counter-Strike professionally, he is very successful in Valorant. Last year, he was able to win the VCT EMEA League with his team (via Liquidpedia).
Even though Jamppi has turned his back on Counter-Strike at least at a professional level, he was still able to effect a change in the regulations. However, he caused a chuckle when he did not directly sue Valve but accidentally a German company. You can read how this happened here: CS:GO player sues Valve for €266,000, but the wrong one
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Many who could not afford World of Warcraft eventually ended up in Metin2. The Korean game was not only my first MMORPG, but I also learned there what mistakes can be made.
What is Metin2?
Since 2006, Metin2 has been playable in Germany and was considered the alternative to WoW back then because it was free.
There are five different classes: Sura, Shaman, Warrior, Ninja, and Lycan.
Similar to WoW, players join one of three kingdoms and can fight against the other kingdoms.
The name of the game comes from the Metin stones that fall from the sky like meteors and contain loot.
In the past, there were many Metin2 servers, but over time interest in the game has declined. However, Metin2 is still available today and even has more viewers on Twitch than Lost Ark and New World. The exact number of players is not known, and many players also play on private servers.
The MMORPG offers both PvE and PvP elements and is, as is common for Korean games, very grind-heavy. The game is easiest played in a group or guild.
You can see what lies behind Metin2 in the following trailer:
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One of the largest MMORPGs in Europe is Metin2 – The 2017 trailer shows how it has aged
I did everything wrong
Who is writing here? Cedric Holmeier is a freelance author at Mein-MMO and now an expert on Asian MMORPGs. After starting in Metin2, he has played many MMORPGs from Asia and spent thousands of hours in their worlds.
When I think back to my beginnings in Metin2, I am almost ashamed of how many mistakes I made back then.
When I joined the game on the Mikor server around 2008, I had no experience with MMORPGs. I had heard of Metin2 from a friend who played the game with friends, so I basically went into the game blind and fell flat on my face 5 times right away.
My 1st mistake: The wrong class
My first mistake was at the very beginning of the game. I chose the Warrior class because it looked cool. After completing the first steps (which probably took me a few days), you choose a subclass in Metin2. This cannot be easily changed afterwards. I opted for the Mental Warrior (Tank) instead of the Aura Warrior (DD).
I assumed back then that you could handle all content alone with any class without any problems and clicked on what sounded best to me.
The mistake lies in the fact that as a Mental Warrior you really couldn’t achieve anything on your own at the time. As a Tank who only deals damage with his abilities, it was very tedious for me to level up, which I eventually just stopped doing.
All classes from Metin2 lined up.
My 2nd mistake: Quests? No desire to read
My next mistake follows directly. The quests in Metin2 were very confusing back then, and I had no desire to read the nonsense. So I didn’t, I didn’t read the quests and I didn’t do them.
This didn’t help my difficult leveling as a tank and caused me to progress even slower. Additionally, I would have received items through the quests that would have helped me make my character stronger.
My 3rd mistake: Don’t need it, I leave it
While talking about items, I come to my next mistake. Items that I couldn’t use, I would just throw away back then. Things like the Black Blade Dagger, the Lion Sword, or the Horn Bow always ended up in the trash for me.
However, items often have a value that can be very high even for items for characters with low levels. This is related to the random values that some weapons can have. If I had sold the items, I could have made my characters much stronger with the money.
My 4th mistake: Leveling abilities without thinking
The next mistake I made concerns leveling abilities. In Metin2, there was a nasty mechanic when it came to the level of abilities. The abilities level up to level 16, and after that, they have a chance to skip the Master level. However, I didn’t know that, which caused me to lose several levels without realizing it.
Up to a certain level, you could reset the abilities, but I didn’t know that back then and thus missed the opportunity.
Enemies from the new update for Metin2
My 5th mistake: Too gullible
My last mistake was probably due to my gullibility. In Metin2, there was a trick where you could trigger a bug that would drop an incorrect item from the inventory. Back then, this scam was called the “duplication trick.” I remember being a victim of this twice.
Under the promise of doubling my item, I was told to follow the steps given by the perpetrator. When I did that, however, instead of the displayed item, another item was dropped. The perpetrator quickly grabbed my item and vanished with it.
Despite the many mistakes, I had a lot of fun in Metin2. Over time, I got better, stopped making my mistakes, and understood how MMORPGs work. The time spent in Metin2 is one of my best times in MMORPGs, and I still like to look back on it today.
Back then, mistakes were normal, and there were no guides or videos that demonstrated the game for me or lists of tasks that had to be completed every day.
I did what I wanted to do at that moment, and everyone else did too. That is part of the charm of the game, and who knows, maybe I would have never become a freelance author at Mein-MMO without Metin2. Not only do I associate many memories with Metin2, but Mein-MMO author Jasmin Beverungen also has a very special relationship with Metin2: Thanks to an MMORPG, I became a loser in school, but I would play it again
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The Twitch streamer and YouTuber Simon “Unge” Wiefels is primarily known for Minecraft and savvy investments. He now admits that he was addicted to OnlyFans. There, he received the attention that he lacked in his relationship.
What’s going on with Unge? In the night of May 16, 2024, Unge reported on X, formerly Twitter, about three women who have reportedly been making his life miserable for years. This included his ex-girlfriend, with whom he was in a relationship until the beginning of 2023.
As the Twitch streamer reveals now, he developed a genuine addiction to pornographic content during this very difficult time for him, particularly on the paid platform OnlyFans. Now he discusses the “taboo topic” to help others.
OnlyFans star Amouranth has understood the business of perceived closeness:
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Amouranth wants to allow her fans more closeness – Artificial Intelligence should achieve this
Streamer says he longed for attention
How does OnlyFans actually work? OnlyFans is essentially a social network that allows content creators to monetize their profiles. For a monthly fee, subscribers can access content such as images, videos, or texts. Beyond the subscription, users have the option to leave tips or chat in private messages with the content creators (or with their ghostwriters via SRF).
What does Unge say about OnlyFans? The Twitch streamer admits that he was downright addicted to pornography. The platform of choice for him was the paid platform OnlyFans. He reportedly had up to 20 profiles subscribed there simultaneously. A subscription costs between $4.99 and $49.99 a month.
However, Unge was not only interested in consuming content on the platform. Apparently, he also chatted with the OnlyFans models. He says, “Receiving attention from these people temporarily filled a kind of void in me, the desire for recognition.”
As money played no role for him, he was able to secure particularly much of this attention, the Twitch streamer continues. Afterwards, however, he often felt bad about it. The “high” disappeared just as quickly as he could summon it.
Addiction is “super embarrassing,” but he wants to help others
How did he free himself? Unge suggests that he felt lonely and rejected in his relationship at that time, which is why he fled to OnlyFans. However, he managed to stop when the consumption of such content became a problem for his then-partner.
Even today, it’s still difficult for him to see revealing images on social networks.
Without OnlyFans, the Twitch streamer is now doing better. He writes that he wants to help people with similar problems with his post. However, he does not want to attack the creators of the platform: They should simply keep in mind that often lonely people sit on the other side, looking for validation.
He himself had not talked about his experiences for a long time because it was uncomfortable for him. He felt it was “a super embarrassing addiction.” For his courage to openly address the taboo topic, Unge receives a lot of support in the comments.
If you or people around you are suffering from porn addiction, the Techniker Krankenkasse offers advice and support services. General counseling services for addiction problems are offered by the addiction & drug hotline at 01806 313031 (20 cents per call) and the website of the German Main Office for Addiction Queries.
The German Twitch streamer JenNyan knows the other side, as she earned a bit extra with OnlyFans for a while. She does not regret her work and would do it again at any time, as she recently revealed on the podcast Henke’s Corner. Find out here, why she stopped OnlyFans despite earning €10,000 a month
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In 2020, Activision Blizzard closed its location in Versailles. A former employee reports that in the months prior, reasons were sought to dismiss employees. One such pretext for a dismissal was the playtime in WoW.
Where does the information come from? The information comes from former Blizzard employees who were guests on the current episode 7 of the podcast “Tobis Gaming Café”. Benedikt Oehmen worked at Blizzard for nearly 17 years, most recently he worked in the localization team until 2022.
In the podcast, Oehmen reports about the beginning of the end of the Blizzard branch in Versailles, France. The location was closed in October 2020. The closure was seen at that time as a sign of the growing corporate influence of Activision.
Already in the months leading up to the closure, there had been mass layoffs as part of a restructuring of Activision Blizzard.
What does the ex-employee report? As Oehmen reports, it could already be felt in Versailles in 2019 that things were slowly coming to an end. At that time, they apparently looked for pretexts to dismiss employees.
They evaluated the data from the in-house Battlenet launcher: Those who played too much during work hours were fired.
It affected among others the then manager of Oehmen – one of the best he ever had, recalls the Blizzard veteran. His boss was fired due to his playtime in World of Warcraft.
However, Oehmen explains that his superior usually took a two-hour lunch break and played during that time, but he also regularly stayed two hours longer in the office to hold meetings with employees in the USA.
Due to the time difference, the manager had to stay longer at work anyway and thus presumably took a longer break. In any case, he always did his job very well. The responsible parties, however, did not care. Other employees were demoted.
Fortunate were those who played on Steam
This is what was behind it: According to Oehmen, this was a preparation for a larger wave of layoffs, during which about a third of the workforce was ultimately terminated. The handling on the part of Activision Blizzard felt “very dirty and wrong”.
This approach also led, according to Oehmen, to many HR employees voluntarily leaving the company. Subsequently, employees from other areas had to be “promoted” to the HR department to coordinate further layoffs.
Oehmen recalls that even in the “old Blizzard” there were regulations not to play too much during work hours. Back then, however, one was only taken aside briefly.
Oehmen particularly regrets that, through these layoffs, it was precisely the employees who “loved their own games too much” that were affected. Because Activision Blizzard only had access to the Battlenet data. Those who played via Steam, for example, were at least safe in this regard.
Other former Blizzard employees have also reported questionable practices regarding layoffs. Jason T. Hall, who is now an indie developer and Twitch streamer, said in early 2024 that his time at Blizzard included some of the best and worst experiences of his career. Back then, psycho games were reportedly held with employees – Those who lost were fired.
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