November 2022 – Page 3 – The Daily SPUF

A statue of the Zariman inside the Zariman

Duviri Delays

November 10, 2022November 2, 2022 Medic 0 Comments delay, durviri paradox, warframe

Unfortunately, in Devstream 165, it was announced that the Duviri Paradox, the next massive story quest, is going to be delayed until 2023. For a lot of people, this is a major disappointment. Especially since, during Tennocon, we were told that the Duviri Paradox would be coming this year. As for me, I really don’t see this as a bad thing. After all, the Duviri Paradox has a lot to unpack, and a completely different modding system. Warframe is a buggy game In fact, Warframe has always been a buggy game. It can break in a myriad of ways. Even… [Continue Reading]

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You Can’t Always Win in Video Games

November 9, 2022November 1, 2022 Medic 0 Comments ramble, sea of thieves

The other day, the Sea of Thieves was particularly treacherous. Every ship we came across was jittery and aggressive, and loot and resources were pretty sparse. It seemed that pretty much everyone was out for blood, when we just wanted to battle a skelly fort. We hadn’t done much actual killing intentionally. Most of our attacks were self defense, and people getting too close to our skelly fort and the Ashen Lord on it. Well, there was one other ship that wanted to attack us, then turned around and started running. We just chased after them, slowly catching up until… [Continue Reading]

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Everything is a Syndicate these days

November 8, 2022October 31, 2022 Medic 0 Comments grind, kahl, syndicate, zariman

When Veilbreaker came out, I had a hell of a time playing the very first mission. It had a slow start, but built up in a pretty cool way, eventually ending with exploding ships and help from an unexpected place. The Veilbreaker quest was great, and I do wish that there was more of it. The characters in the Veilbreaker quest were excellent, and it set up quite a strange situation, where we sort of end up helping a quaint little base on Earth. Of course, I’m talking about Kahl. Veilbreaker is all about the plucky Grineer saving and serving… [Continue Reading]

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Planetside 2 Breaks Its Own World Record

November 7, 2022November 6, 2022 aabicus 0 Comments event, history, planetside 2, recap, record, shooter, world record

Last week Planetside 2 made a bold announcement. On November 5th, they invited everyone to connect to the Public Test Server and break their own record for “Most Players in a Single FPS Battle.” The current record, 1158, was already held by them and achieved in 2015. For anyone who missed that milestone, this was an exciting opportunity to play a part in Planetside 2 history. Now, despite playing Planetside 2 since 2013, I’d skipped the previous world record attempt and knew I didn’t want to miss this one. So I preloaded the test client and generated a PTS character in advance.… [Continue Reading]

Who ate all the pies? This bastard ate all the pies.

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Dratini Classic Community Day

November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 Medic 0 Comments dratini, gen 9, paldia, pokemon go, pokemon scarlet, pokemon violet

Classic Community Days are odd. They bring back an old Pokemon from a previous Community Day and basically do it all again. For November, our classic Pokemon was Dratini, the cute little snakey dragon Pokemon. I happen to really like Dratini and Dragonair, so a chance to stock up on fresh shinies is nice. But this classic day was slightly odd. Cute shiny, mediocre move Dratini has one of the cutest shinies in Pokemon, especially in Gen 1. It goes a wonderful bright pink, matching its pink eyes. Dragonair is just as beautiful, and is one of my favourite Pokemon,… [Continue Reading]

Different games, exactly the same damn problems. Medic and mercy

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Everyone Else Takes Ages To Die

November 5, 2022October 28, 2022 Medic 0 Comments overwatch, overwatch 2

While playing Overwatch, I noticed that I am pretty much always the first to die. I die super fast and generally from behind. There is so much going on that I can’t tell where all this damage is coming from. A lot of this is just basic newbie stuff. After all, there are 30 characters which I need to learn to recognise. I’m a brand new player and not overly good at FPS games in general. However, what I can’t seem to shake is just how long it takes for me to kill someone. Everyone else doesn’t die instantly like… [Continue Reading]

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Another Ramble about Costumed Pokemon

November 4, 2022October 27, 2022 Medic 0 Comments costume, halloween, pokemon go

As of writing, we are on part 2 of a two-part Halloween event in Pokemon GO. Alongside all your normal ghost types, this year, we have a ton of new costumed Pokemon. But these costumed Pokemon are different. They can evolve. Yep, we got a costumed Vulpix and a costumed Pumpkaboo, and both of them can evolve into Ninetails and Gourgeist, keeping their costumes as they do so. Both of the basic Pokemon are also shiny-eligible but, although you can find wild Ninetails and Gourgeist with the costumes on, they can’t be shiny. Pretty common stuff with the shiny versions,… [Continue Reading]

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Playing Sea of Thieves Solo Kinda Sucks

November 3, 2022October 26, 2022 Medic 0 Comments sea of thieves, solo

I love Sea of Thieves. It’s a great game where you can actually be a pirate, with no real moral ground to stand on. However, I’ve rarely played the game solo, and tend to avoid playing solo at all costs. Simply put, Sea of Thieves is very hostile for the single solo player. Too much for me to handle There is simply too much for one person to effectively do. Especially if you’re a newbie. I don’t want to call myself a newbie, but I am, my experience is very spread out. But there’s a ton of things to do.… [Continue Reading]

The SPUF Conga. Every character in this conga line is a former member of the Steam Powered User Forums.

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Team Fortress 2 – A Game Without much of a Grind

November 2, 2022October 25, 2022 Medic 0 Comments grind, overwatch 2, Team Fortress 2

The other day, I was browsing through my Team Fortress 2 inventory, which is really a relic of history these days, since I don’t play any more. As I looked at them, I realized something odd. I never had to grind to get those items. I either traded for them, they were given to me or I got them as a random drop. Almost all weapons are basically random drops these days, although most cosmetic items are generally paid for, either via trades or from keys spent and used on crates. While looking at my backpack, I came to a… [Continue Reading]

Now for Something Completely Different

One of my favourite videos to make me happy

November 1, 2022October 25, 2022 Medic 0 Comments random

Sometimes, when I feel really sad, I go to Youtube and look for comforting and funny videos. Most of the time, I end up watching a UK panel show, with comedians I like. But sometimes, when I want pure, brainless humour, I head to A Jolly Wangcore’s channel and find the above video. In my opinion, it is one of the funniest gaming videos on Youtube. I’ve actually been watching Jolly for a long time. I started watching back when he was called A Jolly Wanker, back when he used to narrate things with text rather than his voice. Those… [Continue Reading]