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Machine gun stress relief

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.

Tom Clancy’s The Division™ – M60 Machine Gun Stress relief
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Lurking squishy tanks spawn camping for snipers

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.

Last played 23 January 2017

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
Tom Clancy’s The Division™ – Final drive to Level 30

Weighed in at 118kg today…feeling great

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I AM your Father

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.

Tales of the Expected

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.

Time waits for no one

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

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How to get your ass kicked by an International Master

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.

International Master Sabrina Chevannes

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.

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10 years of FarCry

I can barely muster up an hour of daily quality gameplay lately.  Game time suffers directly when the joys of the “Real world” kick-in and it’s hard to justify to non-gamers that you actually need time to play.  I’m usually disgusted by gamers with poor commitment and find myself exactly in that position.

As this point, I cannot claim to be a gamer but a mere sporadic spectator.

My library is littered with unfinished stories like half-eaten apples.  Of course, this is a common trend during Summer months as opposed to locking myself up in a Man Cave during the winter.

E3 gave us some nice treats to look forward to and, for me, FarCry 5, Assassin’s Creed Origins and God of War are simply must haves for 2018.  Still waiting on news on Last of Us 2 though.  In the meantime, I’m aiming to Platinum Horizon Zero Dawn but the end of August.