Dota 2 Random Matches

Recently the format of Dota 2 streams has changed. I am now doing random heroes.

This is giving me a bit more knowledge about the heroes and what to expect when playing with them or against them, and that is being very productive.

The games are a bit harder and maybe less interesting, although this is helpful and i my goal as usual is to share every step i do, as so i will keep this format for the time being at least until being able to go to random matches.

What do you guys think about this format?

Destiny - First Impressions

So, today i finally got my hands on Destiny!

Good game so far, i feel it very responsive and the fights are very rewarding. I have some reserves when it comes to repetition, although the zones are different and different enemies, i believe it will become very repetitive. But that is possible to fight with some different mechanics and i am hoping they will come later on.

I also disliked the time i spend on loading screens. IT IS A LOT! Until you get out from the ship after selecting the mission, it can be tiring... But i can accept it.

The best part for me is the story and how it is told. All that narration in a deep calm and soothing voice is VERY nice!

Regarding the session it went sooooo bad. For the first time i had some people coming to the streaming but leaving almost immediately because the stream wouldn't load. It was recording on the Twitch side, but no image. I only got a stable video around 11pm CET and by then not many people were getting in the stream.

I don't know why did this happen but i never had this issue before, has my connection is very good. I had quality issues, but not stability issues. I'm just hoping now that it gets better and back to normal!

And you? What are your first impressions about Destiny?

UFC Career is Done

I've ended the UFC career.

I won't start another one as Destiny is starting and then comes FIFA, so i won't take my time in UFC career mode. I will still play UFC but only rivalries...

Don't get me wrong, i had lots of fun playing it, but really fighting games are not my strongest point and that takes away my motivation a bit.

Sadly the career didn't ended as we wanted, as we lost the last fight and that gave the belt away, but on the overall it was a productive career! :)

Thanks to all that made me company on this career mode and i hope you keep around for other content!

Streaming Schedule Changes

After the last night stream i decided to make some changes.

Although i had lots of fun playing UFC Rivalries, i was all the time talking on party and the sound does not go through, and besides that the stream quality on UFC is just TERRIBLE i cannot stream in HD or else the quality goes down.

One could say it is my connection, but i have 80Mb download and 12Mb upload, so i guess that is not the issue... And i have no problems with any other games.

As that, UFC is going down. I lost my patience there. I will start streaming Sims 4 regularly on Mondays, Destiny on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays will be mixed between Dota 2 and Destiny.

The rest of the days i have no time defined or schedule, but will try to make it at least one more day a week.

You can check the schedule here on the blog and on my twitch page.

Back To Action

I'm back from vacations!

Last night I've played a bit of Dota 2. WHAT AN HORRIBLE IDEA!
It went really wrong. I made so many bad choices of items, so many bad engagements, so many times away from the team fights...

In addition to all of these, the team didn't played well also, in all the games. It was really bad but i hope to get back on track pretty soon.

Keeping this kind of record is pretty awful!

Barclays Premier League Deadline Transfer Round-up

The transfer window is now done and what a way to end it!!!

Falcao for Man Utd and Welbeck for Arsenal may well be the 2 best news for both teams.

Arsenal was in deep need of a good striker and i believe Welbeck will fill that role. He is not outstanding but does the job.

Man Utd is a whole different story. I believe they needed to strengthen the center of they defense more than anything, and they got Blind that is better than nothing. I would have preferred to see a world class center back there but... The Falcao signing is not the position they needed but brings a more "World Class" level to the team. He can be a changing factor for Man Utd.

About Man City and Chelsea, no big changes on the last day but a good transfer window from my point of view, mainly for Chelsea who in my opinion may well be the biggest title challenger of the league.

Liverpool fans. Sorry, but i believe this was a bad transfer window for your side. The signings don't cover the departures and the team lacks world class experience. Let's see if they can surprise me and make a good campaign. I like the young players they have and would like to see them perform...

What are your thoughts?

Twitch Acquired by Amazon

I believe that i am not the only one that is surprised by this turnaround.

Like me i believe many of you though that Twitch would be bought by Google and integrate in an almost perfect way with YouTube. That may have brought some issues with copyrights and stuff like that, but for us streamers and youtubers it would be very interesting.

Now, what does this acquisition will bring as new to Twitch?

On my humble opinion and looking to the Twitch CEO letter, it wont bring much. It is more a capital investment than an acquisition. They say Twitch will be the same but implementing what they already had in perspective.

From my side a better editing tool may be useful, or not... Depends on the tool...

I am looking very curiously at this and hope that it is like Twitch CEO says and they keep their independence. Twitch was mainly built by streamers and they are the core of the brand. Keep them happy and Twitch can only grow.

As a final note, good luck for Twitch and may they keep growing and allow us to grow with them.

What is your opinion regarding this acquisition?