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Game streaming
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.
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
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.
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.
It’s been 10 days since my last PS4 session….daaaaaaaaam boy.
My digital life is packed away in a box inside a box inside a secured facility for reasons beyond my control.
Abandoning my second Life does has side-effects though. The real impact of no daily gameplay means there’s no outlet for all the f%*ked up thoughts in my head and I don’t have the sort of money where I can say or do exactly what I want in real life.
Major downside include
Inability to explore new environments Inability to trigger fear Inability to escape from Ordinary life Lack of ability to communicate with like-minded people Lack of escape route for angry or rage Lack of tangible achievement or progress
Current daily game time Zero.