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Video games...what ya playing? And what are you looking forward to? (10 Viewers)

ShamrockPride said:
Thought about Bloodbourne, then changed my mind and figured it'd be the same as when they gave Demons Souls for free on ps3. Played it a few hours, lost my s###, and uninstalled.
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The funny thing is that the first level of Bloodborne is considerably harder than the first level of Demons Souls.  They throw a whole mob at you at once this time around.  

 
belljr said:
oh. Not sure I ever played that. I never played the Madden thing either
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The best way for me to describe diamond dynasty is a few different things.  If you enjoyed collecting baseball cards at a younger age, it brings back some nostalgia as a kid.  They have older cards (as you may have saw) like Babe Ruth, Vlad Guerrero, Chipper Jones, etc.  They have different versions of cards.  This past year they had editions such as rookie, breakout, all star, impact veteran, post season, hardware (Cy Young/MVP and I believe ROY), future stars for top prospects, top monthly, and, of course, the regular live series (LS) cards.  You create, essentially, a fantasy team with these cards and you can play online h2h games or even v. the computer.  They have a ton of content that comes out every week-month, along with different versions.  

Seasons- They usually last a month and have different rankings with the best tier being world series (was a 900+ rating this year).  These are your usual nine inning games. At the beginning of the season, they announce what rewards each level will get.  Looking through one of their post, the rewards for one of the seasons if you got to world series was, 96 rated 1987 AS Tony Gwynn, 85 rated 2014 IV Doug Fister, a guaranteed diamond player rated 90-93.  If you get to WS ranking but finish at the division series ranking (700-799), you still get the WS rewards.  Later in the season, the rewards get better.  The higher ranking you work towards, the harder the difficulty gets as well.  

Battle Royale- This can be one of the more fun, but frustrating modes.  These games are three innings and the SP's stamina gets reduced as well.  You draft your team in a 25 round draft where you pick between four different players in each round.  In this past year's game, you got 2-3 diamonds, 1-2 golds (if you got three diamonds, you only got one gold), then I believe it was 7 silvers, 7 bronzes, and 7 common players.  Entering these cost 1500 stubs (in game currency which I will explain more later), aside from your first entry, which is free.  This past season, the rewards went as followed.  Win 3 games, receive a bronze player. 6 games is a silver. 9 is a gold. 12 is a diamond.  They can either be flashback cards or LS ones.  If you were lucky enough to go 12-0, you get a flawless reward which is a rare card in the game that's a very high rated diamond.  It's double elimination so once you lose twice, it's gg.  Towards the end of the year, they upped the rewards to 3-silver, 6-gold, 9-diamond 90-95, 12-diamond 95-99.  These games are all played on all star difficulty.

Events- They had various events throughout the season which games lasted three or six innings. The first one last year was the common and bronze event that ended up being three inning games.  They have rewards that work similar to how the Battle Royale rewards were.  They made the rewards different throughout the season but it mostly stayed towards the 3/6/9/12 rewards giveaways towards the end of the season.  The first event, however, went 4-bronze LS, 6-silver LS, 8-gold.  One difference between the events and BR for their best reward was if you won 10 games in a row at any point in this particular event, you received an 87 rated 1975 rookie Jim Rice. You also received rewards for cumulative wins in the event.  20-bronze LS, 40-silver LS, 60-gold LS, 80-87 rated 2003 AS Jason Giambi.  These events have a timeline of when they run.  This one ended up being seven days.  

Stubs/Marketplace- Stubs is The Show's in game currency.  I've seen a lot of people complain Fifa's and Madden's Ultimate Teams because they want their players spending money to get the best players. The Show isn't really like that at all.  While you can purchase stubs with your own money, it isn't really needed to obtain an end game team.  They have a marketplace where you can buy and sell players.  A lot of people will flip cards where they put in a buy order that's higher than the listed sell now price, along with a buy now price where you can list a player below that to sell.  If you're just interested in buying a player ASAP, you can just buy that player at the buy now price instead of putting in a buy order and waiting for someone to sell that player to you on the sell now tab.  This may be a bit confusing with how it's explained, but it's easy to get use to.  There are a ton of people that will try to invest in players in hopes they go up a tier (from silver to gold), kind of like the stock market.  If you hit on a player that you heavily invest on, that can make you tons of stubs, obviously.  Now if you want to spend most of your time when you're on your playstation playing the game, you can work the marketplace and flip cards while you are at work on The Show's website! 

Programs- They have several different programs in this year's The Show.  One of the first one's they came out with last year was the Chipper Jones rookie program.  You have to do different missions to earn the card, which ended up being an 84 rated rookie card.  These missions that needed to be done in ranked season, BR, or events games, incuded, hit 10 total HR's, accumulate his MLB debut stats from his first game, score four runs in a game with rookie cards, get X amount of total steals, get X amount of total walks, and lastly, collect and lock in 20 rookie cards.  Once cards are locked in, you can't sell them back on the marketplace.  Some of the programs last year needed to be done in ranked seasons/BR/event games, but a majority could be done against the computer.  That made grinding these missions a crap ton easier.  Two of the last programs were for a 99 2009 HW Tim Lincecum and 99 HW 2007 Jimmy Rollins.  That Rollins was one of the best cards in the game and pretty easy to obtain once the program came out.  

Packs- You can purchase packs in the game. The cost for a single standard pack is 1000 stubs.  They have bundles you can buy, along with promotional packs as well, but I wouldn't suggest ever buying them because odds of getting a diamond are pretty awful.  

There's some other things in the game but this is a 'brief' but detailed rundown of diamond dynasty.  Like I said, it's super nostalgic if you collected baseball cards years ago and just like baseball.  If anyone does buy this game to play DD and has any questions, I'll be more than happy to help you out!

 
While on the baseball thing, I'm hoping RBI baseball makes a leap this year - it looks like they are adding legends and a franchise mode, etc.

I like my Xbox better than my PS4, and while The Show has always been good (I love downloading 77/78 rosters and playing some classic Yankees/Boston/Dodgers series), I kind of want a little less complicated in my baseball game. But past versions of RBI were not very good. 

 
@TLEF316 @John Bender I just went back and watched the stream from last night on epic's channel. That's a bizarre thing.  

Epic totally shot me in right in the butt.  Ha. Good round.  I love that game.  

 
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ren hoek said:
Man I really don't remember that.  If I said something to that effect I apologize for bein a total ####head.  I'm 33 now so I was probably around 22-25 then.  I honestly don't remember that at all.  I do remember drafting tdoss's son in one of the Gears drafts.  That team would have been so OP but I think the league collapsed, lol.  
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Golden Era

 
Ugh - just when I was getting to a high level at PUBG you guys are gonna make me download Fortnite aren't you?  This game is absolutely blowing up right now.

 
I ghosted this thread (and the FFA in general) during the NFL season so I have been through a bunch of games between here and there. But Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt...

Holy ####### ####!!! AMIRITE?!?!?;!?;!;?+;?8?

 
I have been playing Civilization II a lot lately. I found an abandonware version that works on Windows 10. Cant remember where i found it, but it was a simple Google search away.

This game is still like crack. 

 
Cold Dead Hands said:
I have been playing Civilization II a lot lately. I found an abandonware version that works on Windows 10. Cant remember where i found it, but it was a simple Google search away.

This game is still like crack. 
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I used to play Freeciv which was Civ II clone on Linux. It was pretty awesome. Apparently the project is still being maintained.

 
Yeah I don't think I could ever try fortnite. Between third person, building in a shooter, and cartoon graphics... Think I'll pass.

On the other hand I'm back on pubg after taking a long break if anyone wants to play.

 
Got the invite to Fortnite on iOS, considering I'm a FCKN noob to the PS4 version, it's tougher due to the controls... but still enjoyable.  

 
Chaka said:
Having a new rig after six years is just mind boggling.  I never had a complaint with the resolution, frame rate whatever on my last rig, all that mattered is that the games played well.

But, wow, what a difference this new GPU makes.  I can play anything on Ultra-High settings and it is...stunning.

I had received The Witcher III, X-Com II & Andromeda as gifts over the last year or so but couldn't even come close to playing them until now.  I almost feel embarrassed by my good fortune right now to have those three to choose from, and it is a tough choice.

I'm starting off with Andromeda and it's been a little tough because I'm a compulsive leveler and a loot Hodor. I run every conversation until all options have been run through trying to pick up side quests and the like. Well after six hours of gameplay I only just left the Nexus and went to Eos to investigate some murder.  Even with the intro mission that was a long time between any sort of action.  Now the true size and scope of this game is starting to sink in (and I know it is the same, or worse, with The Witcher III).

Bottom line is I am going to have a full gaming slate for a loooooooooong time.
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Assassin's Creed Unity - Meh

Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Better but ultimately it's just another Creed game

Deus Ex Mankind Divided - I really wanted to love this game, and the gameplay was solid Deus Ex but I had so much trouble with all the dialogue & cut scenes. I am typically good with story driven content but even to me it felt excessive and really took you out of the game at times.  The story felt really disjointed and confusing too, which didn't help.  May come back to it for a replay but not anytime soon.

Dishonored 2 - Loved it.  Very solid and I liked them adding the second playable character.

Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor - What a fun game. Good story, great combat (very much like the Batman games, both WB studios IIRC). Can't wait for the new(ish) one to come on sale.

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus - Loved it. Fun, funny, grim, frantic and just a blast to play.  Great story (don't get political) not too heavy on cut-scenes and just another great installment in a series I hope continues.  Will play again.

The Witcher 3 The Wild Hunt - HOLY ####### ####SNACKS!!!!!@!@1!@!@1213 What a great game.  What amazes me is that for an open world game this massive, and it is massive, I really don't feel like there are any true step'n'fetch quests.  Sure there are small sidequests that fit a formula (go here, use witcher senses, slay monster) but they don't make them easy.  You need to find the clues and track the beasts, which typically aren't easy to cut down.  Tons of character customization and a terrific story.  Finished the main story and Heart of Stone, working Blood & Wine right now. Easily one of the best RPG series of all time.

And I still have Alien: Isolation, Arkham Knight, DOOM, Fallout 4, Mad Max, The Division and X-Com 2 in my library not to mention the tons of other games I am waiting to go on sale (AC Origins, South Park Fractured but Whole, Shadow of War, Watch Dogs 2, Prey, Wildlands, Far Cry Primal, Far Cry 4, CoD WWII etc).

Needless to say, I'm loving the new rig.  

 
@IvanKaramazov so what was your final verdict on Andromeda?  Last update I read was you were not happy with the ability, or lack thereof, to command squad mates.  I was able to access that feature on PC but @Insein said he never figured it out for Xbox.

 
LAUNCH said:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/19/tyler-ninja-blevins-explains-how-he-makes-more-than-500000-a-month-playing-video-game-fortnite.html?__source=twitter|main

Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins explains how he makes more than $500,000 a month playing video game ‘Fortnite'
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The guy has insane skill. He’s obnoxious, but I tune in for a minute here or there just to see the stuff he pulls off. I think it’s extremely goofy to call video game contests “e sports,” but at the same time I can appreciate the skill gap between someone like him and everyone else. 

 
Poke_4_Life said:
(insert witty comment about video games and how if I played more I could also make a living off of it...)
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I have followed gaming on stream since the beginning.  These articles are scary in how they may effect kids.

The amount of streamers who make a decent living is relatively microscopic when compared to most professions.  There are a handful of EXTREMELY successful streamers, but they are few and far between.  You have a much better chance being a star actor, star musician, star athlete, or some other typically impossibly hard profession than you do being a star streamer imo.

As a fan of this stuff, I am interested to see if this is something sustainable and can grow, or if this a case of the right people in the right place at the right time, much like some of the poker stars from the early to mid 2000's.

 
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Ninja has been around for a while, surprised to see him blow up this fast. He's always been a bit of a tool IMO (doxxing a donater live on stream once and a few other things that rubbed me the wrong way)... However, he is a wholesome character and of the guys with a gigantic following (TylerLol, forsen, and Greek God) he is the one who deserves it the most. He fosters a very positive twitch ecosystem and is "family friendly" 

Born too late to cash in on being a huge twitch streamer and it makes me depressed (I also have the personality of a roof shingle, so I guess the timing doesnt matter). I still stream variety strategy games and chess 4 times a week myself and enjoy interacting with people I've iMet over the years but I'm damn jealous of Ninja.

I do often stream Pubg and play w 2 other fbgs (TLEF and Nick Vermeil) if anyone wants to ever check out the game. I'm shawnzo35 on twitch. We have a good squad of 4 but we're always looking for more and it's just a way better version of Fortnite IMO

@Weebs210 are you still playing brother?  I never got used to the FPP stuff.

 
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@John Bender I finally did it and made legend for the first time tonight in Hearthstone!

I almost timed it on exactly my 10,000th win but had to go one extra to get it.

whew!  what a grind.  I need to start a new game now.  I am thinking of Witcher 3, that seems to get a lot of positive pub in this thread.

 
Bucky86 said:
I wonder if there's a market for being just complete trash and dying in ridiculous ways every single game? :rant:  
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If you have the entertainment factor, yes.  Some of Twitch's biggest earners aren't great at the games they play, but they're entertaining enough that people want to watch.  Games with crates, loot boxes or card packs (Rocket League, NBA 2k, etc) have streamers who make a ton just for recording themselves open packs.  That's what I don't get the appeal of.    

People have asked me to stream, but I just can't imagine anyone having the interest in watching me play or listen to me talk about... anything really.

 
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NewlyRetired said:
@John Bender I finally did it and made legend for the first time tonight in Hearthstone!

I almost timed it on exactly my 10,000th win but had to go one extra to get it.

whew!  what a grind.  I need to start a new game now.  I am thinking of Witcher 3, that seems to get a lot of positive pub in this thread.
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 NIIIIIIIICE.

As you've noted, I've been on very little over the past 3 months so I haven't gotten to watch unfortunately.  

What deck did you use?

 
So explain this streaming on Twitch to me.  Is it as simple as getting an account, and then turning it on when you play?  And people find you how?

 
I am eagerly awaiting my son to be old enough to watch me play games with some violence.

and whatever the next. next gen console is

I'm tired of playing SNES games

 
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Bull Dozier said:
So explain this streaming on Twitch to me.  Is it as simple as getting an account, and then turning it on when you play?  And people find you how?
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Yes it is that simple (assuming you gave all the hardware needed on your end)

you will be sorted into categories based on what game you are playing.

For example, if you are playing pubg, you will be under the category Games->PubG

So when viewers watch, they choose what game they want to watch and the every one streaming the game at that time is available for viewing.  The trick is that the streams are listed in order of most views, so your starting stream would be buried at the bottom of the list.

To be found, the person viewing would either be bottom feeding (purposely looking for low viewed streams) or searched you out specifically by your user name.

 
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belljr said:
The internet/gaming has passed me by apparently.  Twitch? Broadcast for money?
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twitch has been around for years.  In short, it is web site where you can watch people play games.

It is totally free as a viewer.

If you like a channel, you can choose to either donate or buy a subscription to help support the streamer (the subscriptions get you small items like a little more functions in chat but it is basically just a way to support the streamer).

The streamer keeps 100% of any donations you give, and they share with twitch any subscription fees they take in.  All subscriptions are $5 a month.

The pretty females streamers can do well in donations, where as the hard core gamers live off the subscriptions.

 
I use Twitch as a replacement for game demos for games that I'm interested in. I'll also check it out for playing tips on games I'm looking to play better. Watching good Dark Souls players helped me get better at that game, for example.

Not the right age or have enough time to watch a lot or donate/follow anyone, but I can see the appeal. In old-people-terms, it's a TV replacement for visual, mixed with the personality of your favorite radio DJ's growing up 

 
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