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For no specific reason, I’m taking a gaming vacation.
Well, actually, I’m still watching my regularly streamers especially as Star Wars Battlefront 2. Most gamers are just streaming the multiplayer, I hear that the single player is just 8 hours.
After getting a High-end M60 Light machine gun, I was able to level up to the maximum 30 on Tom Clancy’s The Division™.
Of course, that is just the beginning for this title as it’s a bit of never-ending story with tons of side missions and collectables. Here’s a schedule for one of my favourite streamers who plays at the Elite levels.
"Most days from 3am - 9am, take a break till noon, then stream from noon to 3pm or 4pm. All times are subject to change due to real life.”
For me, this is far as I want to go with this title for now but still, have a would like to complete the UN mission just for the sheer irony of it.
Gaming terms are always colourful and ever-changing. Watch any committed streamer on Twitch.TV and you will soon be looking up the terms or simply wondering “what did he just say?”.
Language always brings people together and makes it very easy to spot an outsider or faker.
The level of game analysis you can see on The Division™ is truly educational. Maths, logical thinking and creativity to doctorate levels. Gaming PhDs (FROG – Future and Reality of Gaming) will be hosting their 11th Vienna Games Conference in Austria this week and chances are that I’ll show up just to lurk for an hour or so even if it’s all in German.
There is still not much middle ground between Players and Academia. Normal folk simply view Computer games as toys for school kids.
I’ve jumped back into Tom Clancy’s The Division™ [now patched to version 1.7] after adding some more streamers to my follow list and watching some deep game analysis. I still haven’t finished the main story or reached the max rank but slightly more educated on what guns to go for.
My 2017 Division shopping list PP-19 - Sub machine Gun SASG 12 - ShotGun semi auto G36 - Assault rifle Scar-H - Rifle M60 - Light machine Gun - Hungry Hog
Weighed in at 118kg today…feeling great
November 17, 2017 – StarWars Battlefront II goes live to the general public. By then the elites, pro-games, streamers and pre-orders would have already racked up hours of gameplay and earns new guns and abilities while they slaughter new or inexperienced players at will.
I’m still undecided as to whether I will be joining the battles. Game sequels carry a mixed taste, basically, you want more of what happened before but you want it 10 times better, faster and bigger. No doubt EA is banking on grabbing at least 20 million players globally with this title and it being a big part of the annual $3.147 billion net sales.
Star Wars™ Battlefront was simply a childhood movie fantasy come alive. I remember the first time my anonymous team brought down an AT-AT walker….sheer geek ecstasy.
Hard to see how that feeling of aweeeeesome can be genuinely repeated.
I last played 30-Sept 2016 at 10:23 am after reaching the maximum level 50 at the time. I never bothered with DLC so Part II kinda feels like a massive DLC. Even if the single game PvE is a good story, the community will be looking at the 40-PvP campaigns.
It’s gonna be absolute carnage.
I had a lot more time on my hands in 2016 and would play non-stop for days without anybody bothering me. I don’t have that luxury solo gamer environment anymore so I would have to recreate it or suffer from unacceptable mid-game interruptions.
Only self-paced titles like Horizon Zero Dawn work well for me. I need to be able to randomly play for 10-60 minutes irregularly without it hurting the quality of the experience.
So, I’ve answered my own question. I will not be joining StarWars BattleFront II this November.
“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” Yoda
Jumped into Twitch.tv to find an unusual treat. Sabrina Chevannes playing 500+ viewers at Chess.
Sabrina is a Women’s International Chess Master and smashes all the chess player stereotypes. I ended up being distracted and stayed on the stream for a couple of hours. She’s been playing chess since the age of 8 and would kick my ass in 5 minutes at the game.
Why are Super Stars like this not highlighted more? To my shame, this was the first time I ever came across this Champion. Anyhow, seems she’s busy managing her Digital Design company in the London. Nuff respect.
Naturally, she won against the stream. A real education.