Play 8 games for 800 gold was my daily quest for Saturday. I played six games with Varian and won the MVP award all six times, and the other two games I played with Rexxar and won the MVP once. I'm back to 3,500 gold after unlocking Mephisto for 10,000. This time I'm just going to keep saving my in-game gold and try to reach 100,000 for the first time. That will take me forever but if I start saving right now I may get somewhere by the dog days of summer.

I've been doing some more thinking about whether or not I'm going to play Season 20 for Diablo 3 on the PC starting on Friday, March 13. I think I'm just going to keep focusing on Heroes of the Storm. I have a lot of fun playing HotS on a daily basis and I don't really want to do too much in terms of juggling around multiple games at once. Heroes of the Storm and Ladder Slasher are enough gaming for me right now. I'll probably play Season 20 on Diablo 3 for the Nintendo Switch because I can do that a lot easier while in bed or away from home.

I hope everybody is enjoying the weekend. Have fun playing the games that you enjoy and don't stop 'till you get enough!

March madness is upon us and I picked up the award "Hat Trick" for the first time on Heroes of the Storm. I'm surprised I had never noticed it before. Apparently I scored the first three kills of the game. I also compiled 500 gold from my daily quests for Sunday and Monday. Play 3 games as a healer or support hero for 300 gold and play 2 games as an Overwatch hero for 200 gold. Every game was relatively easy for me to complete with Zarya.

I've been feeling a little fatigued lately for some reason. I don't know why because it's not like I'm grinding away 24-7 with any game. I do a good job pacing myself as I get older. It could just be that I'm stressing about what game I truly want to commit to in the future. I even thought about giving up gaming altogether but that's hard to do when I've been doing it my entire life. It's like my mind and heart want different things and I can never find some common ground. Hopefully I'll be fine and I'm not just wearing myself out for no good reason.

I'm going to stay the course with Heroes of the Storm. When Friday, March 13 gets here I'll still be tempted to play Season 20 for Diablo 3 on the PC.

Today is Super Tuesday and my daily quest is to play 3 games as any Assassin hero for 300 gold. This is clearly a job for Kerrigan unless I decide to unleash the power of Cassia across the Nexus battlefields. Cassia the Amazon is still my number one hero in terms of her level and most games played. I've been playing an average of 10 games per day the past week it seems like. I'm trying to take advantage of the extended winter event and obtaining some more free loot boxes for completing three objectives from the toy story game board. As well as lapping the entire board which gives me a rare toy chest loot box. It makes me feel like I'm passing 'Go" and collecting $200 bucks in Monopoly.

Sometime soon I want to start the process of learning and mastering my first healer on Heroes of the Storm. I'm going to play the beautiful Whitemane and see if I can gain any traction with her unique playstyle. Currently I own quite a few skins for Whitemane and I want to start showing off my awesome outfits when I play. Hopefully I can become very good with her because healers are my kryptonite in this game. I've never been any good with a healer and I want to change that. It's just going to take a lot of time and patience on my part. Repetition and practice is all I can do to improve.

Anyway, we'll see how things go. I'm feeling more energetic today! Have a great day and I'll see you in the Nexus.

Happy hump day. I just completed my daily quest this morning with Rexxar. Play 3 games as a Bruiser or Tank Hero for 300 gold which is one of my favorites to do. I'm going to try and play a lot later this afternoon and evening. I'm trying to make a push to player level 400 which would net me 150 gems. I currently notice that there's a cool looking "Green Goblin Treasure" mount that looks really cool. It sort of reminds me of the Green Goblin supervillain from Marvel. I don't have it yet but it cost 7,000 gold (no shards). It's a bit pricey for me right now so I'll probably avoid it for now, but maybe by next week I may change my mind and get it.

I played a couple games with Whitemane as I pursue some knowledge and experience when it comes to learning about healers. I had won both games but I had to rely too much on my teammates. That's not the type of playstyle that I'm used to, as I like to be the one dictating the constant flow of the game-changing battles, but maybe over time I'll adapt and strategize a lot better. It's not terrible to stand back and plan my attacks as I make sure my team is healed, but it'll take time for me to feel comfortable playing Whitemane.

Whitemane has three primary abilities: Desperate Plea (Q), Inquisition (W) and Searing Lash (E). Her heroic abilities are Scarlet Aegis and Divine Reckoning. The trait she has is Zeal which applies off her healing abilities (8 second duration), and heals allies for 100 % of the damage I'm dishing out to enemy heroes. It's just a matter of putting together the right game plan for her. I'm not good with her rotations quite yet. I seem to be button mashing and panicking more than mastering her like a smooth pro.

I swear my luck lately has been so bad that I just assume bad things will happen and I merely hope for the best.
Wednesday was such an awful day for me. I even died for the first time on Ladder Slasher which upset me a little.

So just when I was about to go back to bed feeling a bit down on myself, I decided to play one more match on Heroes of the Storm because I was about to reach level 21 with Rexxar. After leveling and obtaining another loot box I opened it with a "whatever I don't care" attitude which understandably that's the mood I'm in right now. And surprisingly this random loot box spawned a legendary item (skin) called the Showtime Azmodunk!

It's an awesome basketball outfit for Azmodan complete with a nice shiny purple ball that glows as it bounces in and out of his grasp. It looks like a retro Los Angeles Lakers jersey that he's wearing which I greatly admire even though I'm a Houston Rockets fan. Now I'm really excited about learning how to play Azmodan, the Lord of Sin. My record with him is a perfect 13-0 and I do have him unlocked and available to play anytime. I just haven't played him all that much which is surprising because he's part of the Diablo world and he has some cool summoning abilities.

Needless to say I'm about to play multiple games with Azmodan right now. Hopefully I can become good with him. Sometimes all I need is a legendary skin to motivate me to play a certain hero. Typically I love all the Diablo heroes on Heroes of the Storm but for some reason I have overlooked Azmodan until now. And actually I have less games played with Mephisto who I recently unlocked. So Azmodan isn't even my least played Diablo hero.

Anyway, it's time to dribble around the Nexus and get my game on. Just call me Showtime Azmo-Ryanator. Let's go, baby! Booyah!

Thank God it's Friday! My daily quest for the past two days were very easy to complete: Play 3 games as any Assassin hero for 300 gold and play 2 games as a StarCraft hero for 200 gold. I actually won all five matches with Kerrigan. When I wasn't completing my daily quests I was playing Azmodan and Whitemane. I'm starting to become decent with both of them, especially a ranged assassin and summoner like Azmodan, but I've got a long way to go and much to learn if I'm ever going to feel like a pro with a healer like Whitemane.

Whitemane is my highest level healer at level 6 but I also have a level 5 Deckard Cain who's not too far behind. That goes to show you just how rarely I even play a healer hero. Completing my daily quests is the most important thing for me right now. My in-game resources are terribly low so I've got to save up all my gold, shards and gems. Maybe by next year's winter event I'm going to be so rich I'll be able to do anything I want in the game. Unless the upcoming spring and summer events are so good that I end up splurging on it.

I'm thinking of buying $20 or $50 dollars worth of gems on Heroes of the Storm but that's only if I feel like I'm truly committed to the game again. I'd have to say that it looks like I am but I'll probably wait until my birthday in mid August before I spoil myself with anything like that. I may even purchase $100 dollars worth of gems again. The best value the game currently has are 11,500 gems for $99.99 plus taxes. I've gotten that mega value before a few Christmases ago. I don't really like to spend a lot of money on myself unless it's for a special occasion.

A part of me is still debating whether or not to play Season 20 for Diablo 3 starting next Friday. I can do so on both the PC and Nintendo Switch, but I was leaning towards playing it very casually on my handheld console. I just feel like Diablo 3 on the PC runs out of excitement rather swiftly once you hit those 2,000 paragon points every season. Even if you run with a strong meta group and hit 4,000+ paragon points every season it's just the same paragon grind. I'm sort of over that type of investment, energy and time. I need to save some stamina for Diablo 4 one day. Any game I play now a days has to feel rewarding and fun like Heroes of the Storm. Diablo 3 feels more fun to me playing on the Nintendo Switch because I can do so from anywhere. I don't feel obligated or pressured into playing it like I would on the PC version.

Have a nice Friday everybody and enjoy the weekend! Good luck with all the games that you play and have fun. I'll see you in the Nexus.

I had a lot of fun writing this particular blog and it kept me engaged with a fun PC game that I greatly enjoy. I'm just not sure there's a lot of interest in Heroes of the Storm on D2jsp. If I try to invite a friend to come play with me they'll just tell me to come join them on League of Legends. I've still got a lot of passion for this amazing MOBA but I'll probably never be as great as I want to be in this game. So I decided to stop posting on this blog for now. Thank you to anybody out there who actually read any of my words. I tried to share my excitement with you guys.

I'm likely going to take the next week off from gaming altogether. Even on Ladder Slasher I lost my passion to casually climb when I suffered my first death on my Guardian a couple days ago. The death was so unlucky as I had killed the final monster at the exact same time I left the Catacombs, but somehow it registered as a death. I was in town and went back into the Catacombs with no monster there. I'll probably make a Barbarian later on and perhaps make LS my go-to game in the future, but it just doesn't feel like I have any confidence or energy to build up something special right now.

It may be best for me to take a week off and then start up Season 20 for Diablo 3 next Friday. Who knows? I'm not sure what I want anymore.

My hectic weekend made me second guess my current gaming habits. I must admit I was feeling a little worn down and tired, but I somehow found some relentless energy that kept growing and getting stronger as I played a little Diablo 2 for some much needed nostalgia. Sometimes I have to go back to the foundation of what started my passion for PC gaming back in the summer of 2000. It greatly helps me focus on what I want to play moving forward. When my mind and heart are together as one I can make the best decisions. And then I played Diablo 3 to familiarize myself with the new patch before Season 20 goes live on Friday.

After I was done receiving my undeniable Diablo fix, I logged into Heroes of the Storm and won seven straight matches with unmatched ferocity. I hadn't played with so much desire in my eyes and intensity flowing in my veins before. I felt like nobody was going to stop me from dominating the battlegrounds. My teammates had seen my reckless determination and they knew that I was on a mission to conquer all, and they simply allowed me to take the lead and command them where to go and what to do. I never felt so unconfined and confident before. Even if it was just for one day I made it stand the test of time.

My daily quest for Saturday was simply to play 2 games as a Diablo hero for 200 gold which I completed with Xul the Necromancer. I then played five straight games with Sonya the Barbarian. She's my favorite Diablo 3 character and it was fun to whirlwind around the Nexus like an irritated champion. I must have racked up a combined 100 kills and 40 assists during the five games as I took out all my frustrations. It felt so fantastic to play a game and pour all my emotions into it. The positive results came naturally and it felt like the Mamba mentality to me. My nickname may be "Ryan the Rhino" but on this day I was the GOAT baby!

I'll probably feel too exhausted and in bed for most of Sunday. My body ready to collapse and bow down to the inevitable defeat, and unable to recapture that sensationalized magic I felt just the day before. But I'm okay with that because I find the daily imperfections and struggles to be beautiful in its own way! I'd gladly trade away all those gloomy days for just the chance of that one awesome moment when everything felt so drastically intense and overwhelmingly blessed.

I've been playing a lot of Diablo heroes lately. It was fun to catch up with Sonya the Barbarian and also the Butcher. It feels rewarding but also frightening when the Butcher says, "Fresh Meat!" during his main voice line after I slay another enemy hero. When I reach 200 stacks of meat I can become invincible. If the match can last long enough and I end up reaching 400 or 500 stacks of meat I can become overpowered and a Nexus God. I may as well give a healer like Deckard Cain another trial run and go around sometime today. I'm patiently waiting for my daily quest to reset on this beautiful 65-degree Monday morning. My daily quest will now reset at 6 a.m. instead of 5 a.m. because of the daylight savings time and moving the clocks one hour ahead this past weekend.

For consecutive days, on Saturday and Sunday, I was given the daily quest of playing 2 games as a Diablo hero for 200 gold which is why I've been craving that Diablo world lately. I also signed into Diablo 2 for some much needed nostalgia and inspiration like I mentioned in yesterday's blog entry. I don't think I can duplicate that type of flawless and sensational gameplay that I experienced on Saturday. That was one of those "this is the greatest I'll ever play" moments during my life as a passionate gamer. Everything went so well and nothing went wrong. In my daily life it's usually the opposite of that so it felt undeniably fantastic to experience what greatness felt like even if it was just for one day. I felt so blessed just to feel that one golden moment in time lingering inside the grasp of my hands.

As Deckard Cain would say, "Stay awhile and listen." I'm about to play the wise man and hopefully heal my team and win games. I'll see you in the Nexus.

I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to balance my time when Season 20 for Diablo 3 starts on Friday, but I'm going to figure something out where I can do all of the things that I enjoy in a relaxing and joyful way. If I feel any stress or anxiety then I'll just cut back because the goal is to casually play for fun and not to wear myself out by grinding out numerous hours. I'll still focus on completing all of my daily quests on Heroes of the Storm. That will come before any other game but I still want to play other games when I can.

But besides all of that I'm still investing some time into Ladder Slasher. As a solo slasher, in particular, I started a new female Barbarian named Sorsha this past weekend. It's been slowly building up at a casual and decent pace. I'm currently level 53 with 2,415 kills and 0 deaths. What happened was my Guardian with 10,000+ kills frustrated me quite a bit after I died for the first time, and it made me feel a little depressed and down on my abilities playing the game. So rather than dwell about what went wrong and throwing a pity party for myself, I decided to just make a character that's better suited for melee bashing with a warhammer and tanking in general. Survivability is the most important aspect of any game that I play.

Anyway, it's nearly 4 a.m. here. I already slept a few hours and I feel a little energized after trying to sneak in a little workout on my old ab-rocker machine. The legendary Chuck Norris would be proud of me. I'm ready for my Tuesday daily quest to reset at 6 a.m. on Heroes of the Storm. If you see me on D2jsp and not posting a whole lot. Chances are I'm gaming away on something. I'm fighting hard and not giving up.

I hope everybody is having a great start to their week. It's Taco Tuesday! It's funny because I ate some delicious tacos for dinner on Monday.