Online Gaming Experience: A Rollercoaster of Emotions

Players in Path of Exile experience intense gameplay at launch, followed by a gradual decline, then excitement with new content.

### Path of Exile: Expedition League Launch Day Chaos and Progress
* 🎮  The launch of the new Path of Exile: Expedition league was marked by server issues, crashes, and queues, with some players experiencing **over 800,000 in queue position**.
* 🛠  Despite the rocky start, players adapted and continued to progress, with some reaching **Merciless Lab** and completing **most skill points within four hours**.
* 💰  The new Expedition mechanic, involving trading with NPCs to unearth ancient artifacts, was met with mixed reviews due to its **slower pace** compared to traditional gameplay.
* 🏆  A challenging new boss encounter, Admiral Valius, was introduced as part of the Expedition content, offering **unique rewards** and **significant gold drops**.
* 🚢  An instance crash during the boss fight led to a humorous discovery: a player's log out macro was accidentally bound to the same key as an important in-game action, causing **unintended logouts during critical moments**.
* 🗺  Despite the initial issues, players managed to complete the Atlas and prepare for endgame content, eagerly anticipating the start of **six-man group play**.
* 📉  The day ended with some players experiencing **burnout**, as the initial excitement of the league launch waned after hours of intense gameplay.
* 💼  The streamer's experience highlighted the unique dynamics of PoE league launches, with **intense initial play** followed by **periods of rest and recovery** before **diving back into the game**.

we're not a game like League of Legends that people are go to play, and then gradually grow or gradually decline based on the success of the game. We're a game that on day one, you will play very hard, on day one slightly less, on day two slightly less hard, on day three, until you kind of don't care after 2 and a half months, and then you're very excited again with this new content. You know, and this is good with us because it gives you a chance to play the games, and to rest and get some sleep before you destroy yourself on launch weekend again. True, the man, the myth, the Legends couldn't have said it better. Yeah, that's Max C, this is crazy. Yeah, that one is [ __ ], can see any sense. I'm not happy about it, I'm not grumpy either. It's [ __ ] him, holy [ __ ], that's crazy. Holy [ __ ], he said it, he said the thing.

like I never knew. Oh my God knew and create settlers, okay dualist let's go. All right, we are off guys. Have a good leak start. I hope everyone is uh cter. When I open my uh L inventory, perfect. I hope everyone has a beautiful le start, beautiful penis and uh I'll be playing Frost blades melee leveling into war cry Spectre curse support combo. This is not a drill. It is live and we're going to invite, yeah I'm inviting. Have a good uh settlers League everyone. 82,000 Q don't worry oh my [ __ ] god. Wow, I was just walking through the [ __ ] okay one of our Runners was 30k at the start got to the first Zone and he's 880,000 so that's a start. 26 minutes is when one of our party members got on it's there's only six there's only sixk ahead of me GG. Okay we can get chil caught up soon as R Brutus uh I will run Brutus I guess.

that's not good. I think my Game just crashed. I think my game just closed. No, Red is offline. Everyone's still on Red, and I were in the... No, my game's... Oh my god, get back in, get back in. Oh no, yeah, it's... I'm going to be great for like 10 hours. This... We just lost so many portals, guys. Oh God, we lost trial, we lost brutas, we lost... You might be able to get in and port to your old Port. Someone Wars where it need to be. Okay, let's get some Northern XP, and let's... Sal this good, that's good, that's stop running on me, that's the Northern experience C again. Give me a second, let me gra your, let me grab your dude. This is cooked le start, that is crazy, continue running, but we're salvaging it, we'll make do with what we have, guys. We go again, you crash, you log straight back in, go again, God please hit.

it please. Oh, oh, I locked out. Disconnect. Yeah, disconnected. They have re-enabled War Cry. Okay, I'm still ascended, so that's good. I skill point. I just got just now. Oh, yeah, same. Jesus. Disconnect. Okay, they re-enable the War Cry. Like what happened? Not War Crying yet. Okay, we go again, guys. Wow, that's actually good. What I got. A four-stat Jewel. That's good for my build from the quest. This is what they wanted. Look at that Jewel. [ __ ] Bro, actually. Okay, that's nice. Goddamn. You see that, guys? Strength, damage, attack speed with two-handed weapons, attack speed with axes. It's ideal. There it is. Didn't show on my filter. Legs 150 crashes. Crazy amount of crashes. But I was in Q for like over 30 minutes. Yeah, Chile got a 990,000 Q right after hon. After that start. Four hours. We're done with Merc Lab. We're done with almost all skill points. Just pick up a bunch of skill points and we have our town set up. I'll take it.

that is really good. We have a really good recovery. You need to upgrade it to the Unix. Got it? It's 35 minutes to disenchant a random. I see, maybe let go some level one miners, that's for sure. Maybe level two Smithers. And then let's get some more disenchanting, dumbass. Yeah. And then put him in here. And now it's going to be Giga fast, right guys? Surely 10 minutes, poggers. All right, we have 40 minutes of dumbass disenchanting. All right, my good ship is back. Let's see how good it is. Let's see. I'm shipping rewards. I got one C, yes, and a GCP and chrome and stuff. Oh my God, we need the I'm good guys. Are you ready? Nice, GG guys, we beat him. We beat the Ubers Labs. I need quality on my click. The Ascend. Oh, I am. I am now sharing fortification to my party. Feels good, man. Hey guys, I have great news. Portal Scrolls. I forgot that I'm supposed to have profane proxy. 800 gold.

all now what the [__] yeah anyone else having completion petrified Ember that's good okay send this guy away and back to mapping okay we did some uh what is it called expensive and now we're back to mapping and that was a refle map next map guys wait wait wait no no no Pepa T don't do this right now never mind no never mind Pepa T shut up the [__] I was going to buy a red BL blanner but then I remember wait we can't do that not skin come in this is going to be a big big shipment okay guys two hours I'm half done with a port all right sending out a 7.7k shipment for two hours we'll see explodes what's up watch out by the way explod watch out and then it one shots me saw his Flash before his eyes literally I saw the future he could not save himself so he decided to save others what a valiant Noble chimpanzee sometimes you got to throw yourself on

the explosion. Yeah, I dropped myself on the grenade. Thank you, Rasmus. We appreciate your sacrifice. I am hard stuck back here. Okay, no, I am still hard stuck. Please help. Please, bro, please. Yeah, man, donut and body block, dude. Holy [__]. Oh, that was the worst experience so far this league. Oh my God. No phing, no Mana to flame that. Just hard stuck there. That is nonconsensual [__] actually. SE Valor has been commandeered by Pirates. Return to King to save them. What? Wait, is that a boss? Wait, what? When it gets commment near by Pirates, you fight a boss. Okay, come, me. I give it to Evan. I don't think we should go in there. I'll be real. Oh, rescue shipment. You invite me to the party. Give EV all the portals so he can try and actually kill it. That is a tanky guy. Admiral Valious. He going to drop some sick uni. Okay, this going to be that shitty. I got on my first do anything for.

you hatred I can't believe I got the world first of that my stupid [ __ ] boat. More waves guys, don't stand in the waves, you're [ __ ] freezing me, please stop. Is this just the ad phase? I'm like waiting or what? Yeah, it's not even ad, it's just a Dodge phase. Yeah, mechanical P oh [ __ ] waves while we're fighting him. Oh [ __ ] the combo, what, what area level is that? This is 8, this, this is going to be some SI, this going to be some legendary item. Oh, challenge successfully rescued from Pirates, what do we get? Oh, that's so much gold, wait, it was like 5K stacks of gold, yo life Sun R, all right, we won, how do I leave? Got a bunch of rares and some runes, is this and gold, a lot of gold, no, this is wait, that was so much, are you ready? Yeah, wait, you just logged out, not, not me, it was a client crash, do you have a I

use it and it just logs out. Wait, it's not your log out button on L bot, is it? Oh no, oh no, interesting. Oh no, God, no. He's so stupid, man. Get your clip ready. This, no, he's stupid, man. Guys, I'm stupid. Oh no, what did he do? Okay, guys, as it turns out, uh, Sentinel isn't crashing. Uh, Evan just had his log out macro on the command on the same hotkey as the Sentinel activation. So every time he activated The Sentinel, he logged out. So we're going to sleep and then, uh, pick it up here tomorrow. The atlas is done. We're just like waiting for a gear to show up that, uh, is good enough for, uh, you know, getting the six-man started. And, uh, yeah, looking forward to trying some actual endgame stuff. Unlucky. All right, I'm checking the big ship. What you say I should use got power amulet? Where's that at? What is this, roll? [Music]

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The Unique Gaming Experience of "League of Legends"

The game's playing intensity gradually declines over the first 2.

5 months, allowing players to rest before new content is released.

The speaker, Max C, expresses a mix of surprise and excitement about the game.

The gameplay commentary and strategy planning for the "Settlers League" are shared enthusiastically.

Struggling with Game Crashes and Disconnections

The speaker is experiencing multiple game crashes and disconnections, causing frustration and loss of progress.

Despite the technical issues, they are determined to continue playing and making the best of the situation, appreciating small victories like finding a valuable in-game item.

The speaker also mentions being in a long queue to access the game, but remains resilient in their gaming efforts.

Upgrading to Unix for disenchanting will take 35 minutes and involve level one miners and level two Smithers.

The process is expected to be "Giga fast," taking about 10 minutes to complete.

7k shipment over two hours, with a sudden and unexpected one-shot defeat.

Confusion and Frustration in a Gaming Session

The speaker experiences a series of frustrating events and obstacles in the game.

They encounter unexpected challenges and boss fights, eventually achieving success but also experiencing a client crash.

The gaming session involves rescuing a ship from pirates, obtaining valuable rewards, and ultimately encountering technical issues.

Misunderstanding with Sentinel Activation

The user experienced issues with the Sentinel activation, only to realize that the log out macro was on the same hotkey, causing them to log out every time they tried to activate the Sentinel.

They plan to resume the next day after completing the atlas and are looking forward to trying endgame content.

The conversation also briefly mentions using a power amulet and checking a big ship.