Tips on completing the Hallowed Nightmares (Halloween event) mission in Warframe

In 2026, I ran into some issues during this mission, specifically the fact that the objectives could break if other players left (see Known Warframe bugs list, pinned on the right side of this blog), so on my second run, I ended up soloing it.

While I didn't get this run on video, I wanted to share some tips on how to complete this mission (seeing as it can be difficult if you don't know what you are doing & I ran into this issue the first 2 or 3 years of running it).  First the basics:

• You won't be able to use abilities, weapons, companions or gear wheel.
• You can not drop out to Operator mode (even when the option to use Last Gasp becomes available; the prompt for this probably should have been disabled in this mission...).
• You can still use melee attacks (without a weapon) & finisher attacks.

The tactic to complete this mission without too many problems is: 

• Because you essentially enter this mission unmodded & for the most part disabled of your normal attack methods, the most functional way to do damage enemies is to utilize the explosive barrels (appearing as stacked Jackolanturns throughout the map).
• The other method to do sufficient damage to enemies is first knock them off their feet & the most effective ways to do this is to either hit them with a sliding attack or bullet jump while near them.  The static projections of the infested in this mission are EXTREMELY weak to these types of damage & can knock them down in one hit, opening them to a finisher attack.  Your cue to hitting them with a finisher attack will be the icon that appears over top of them (this icon will differ depending on whether it's a Ground Attack or a Mercy Kill.  Finisher attacks will be your most damaging personal attacks in this mission, but don't attempt this on the Jack O'Naut.
• If you are going to attempt to take down the static infested enemies with normal melee attacks, watch your shields, bullet jump out of harms way if they drop & continue dodging until you have shields again to go back on the attack.
• Enemies can be difficult to see in this mission, but you will have minor enemy detection to determine when enemies are heading your way, so utilize that if you are having trouble pinpointing which way you need to attack. 
• If you need health, look for the singular Jacklanturns, these sometimes drop health orbs when destroyed.
• When you get to the point of needing to insert 2 power cells to open a door, you'll need to hack a couple of consoles to acquire those cells.  You will see markers on your mini-map (top-left of your screen) that will pinpoint the consoles you need to hack.  Wait until you have defeated the hoard of enemies before you attempt to hack these.  Also keep in mind that while the majority of your equipment is not available in this mission, your Parazon still is, so any mods you have on the Parazon can still activate provided the activation method is triggered.  Repeat this process twice until you are through the door.
• In my case, I focus on Parazon mods that can stun nearby enemies when doing a Mercy Kill, as well hacking mods, one in particular making me invisible for a short period of time after hacking.  Both of these were useful in this mission, the stealth mode in particular keeping the enemies off of me while I inserted the power cells because they didn't know where I was.
• Another Parazon mod that could be useful here is one that can stun melee attacking enemies while you are hacking the console, in which case you wouldn't necessary need to take down most enemies before starting the hack.
• When you get to the Jack O'Naut, you want to focus on drawing it towards the explosive barrels & waiting until it's near you before triggering their explosion.  The most effective way to do this is to bullet jump away from the explosive barrel when the Jack O'Naut is in range (the AoE effect of these barrels will not damage you).
• The main thing you want to watch out for in the Jack O'Naut fight will be it's poison attacks; the status effect of the toxin debuff WILL kill you & unless you have another player raise you before you bleed out, you will need to revive yourself (as stated before, Last Gasp is not an option in this mission, even if given the prompt for it).

With the Jack O'Naut defeated, all you should need to do is head to the exit point on the map.

Keep in mind I did say that the objectives in this mission can get bugged.  If you don't see a waypoint for where you need to go, the mission objectives are likely bugged & you will need to abandon the mission (which unfortunately racks up another failed mission on your statistics) & restart.  Because the first time I attempted to run this bugged the mission when other players started leaving, I made it a point to come back & solo it the second run to avoid the mission getting bugged again & resulting in more failures getting added to my statistics.

Dealing with toxicity in the Warframe community...

I've been having some issues with toxicity not only in the Warframe game, but also within it's community outside of the game itself.  To get a better handle on some of these issues, I've decided to back off from a number of those aspects outside of the game.

Details of documented toxicity:

• Toxicity in the game:
• The original problem with toxicity in the game was just players idling/AFKing, griefing or leeching (short version, not contributing towards the objective).  While this has become a minor issue that doesn't happen much in missions anymore, it's still fairly common in Free Roam area Bounties.
• While I used to publish videos showing people that were leeching & use them in griefing reports to DE, I don't really do this much anymore (only in more extreme cases where they don't even move from the start point or sit in a corner the entirety of the mission).  My response to this is usually just to quietly add them to my Ignore list & if severe enough, leave the mission before it's completed (especially if it's a Void Storm that I have a relic in on it).
• Free Roam areas are where the leeching issue become more often a problem & again, I'm not so much publishing videos, but leaving the team once the next bounty task has started.  This means that since host migration is pretty buggy during bounties, if the host migration doesn't complete (or if they were the only other person in the team; using this term loosely, since they are hardly a part of a team that they are not contributing towards completion of an objective to which they joined) when it happens, their lack of interest in the objective will cause them to fail it's completion (abandoned objective ruling).  They will also be added to my ignore list, provided I can identify where they were (or more accurately, weren't) after I've left the team & completed my Bounty run.
• The more common matter lately has been that people often times leave a team immediately after I join or if they have joined my team via matchmaking.  If they were going to leech anyway, then all I have to say to it is good riddance, but they are going to get put on my Ignore list regardless (provided I am able to take note of their name, one of the reasons I have rebound the side-wheel function on my mouse as a screenshot button for Gadwin PrintScreen).
• While pretty rare, the other form of griefing I sometimes run into is after I join a team, the entire team will just throw the match (unless I can manage the increased enemy flow caused by their presence in the mission myself in what turns into an escalated solo run, which usually isn't the case, but can sometimes happen).  These types of wipes typically are what drives me off from the game, searching for something else to play while I de-stress from an escalation of what is already happening in the game (putting my mood in an otherwise dangerously dark state that will only get worse if I don't step away from it).
• Toxicity on the official Warframe Twitch channel:
• This is mostly summed up by the community staff themselves...  I've always got the notion that attempts to chat were being ignored & in most cases this is proven correct.  Only in rare cases is there any reply to attempts to chat, it's like finding a needle in a haystack, it's extremely unlikely to happen.  While I understand that chat does move fast & furious through that channel (I don't suspect the meaningless "CLEM!" spam helps any), the lack of acknowledgement puts a SEVERE lack of interest in any attempt to continue that effort...
• As of the 8/27/2026 Prime Time stream, I made a decision that I was not going to attempt to chat in that channel anymore.  This additionally was paired with the decision not to actually watch them anymore, just to lurk them for drops (when available, I wouldn't lurk if there weren't drops to acquire).  At this point, any presence I may have in this channel is with my badge set to "no sound", quality of the stream dropped as low as possible (manually selected), muting the tab in my browser so I don't have to hear it (and potentially be tempted to try to reply in chat) & collapsing chat into the side of the window so I won't have to see it.  As with other channels that don't acknowledge you in chat (or just have their channel set to a permanent follower, subscriber or emote only chat), I'll also leave as soon as the drops have been acquired (many times heading to the expected streamer to be raided early).
•  As of 9/23/2026, I made a decision to unfollow the official channel so this would be an extra layer of negating temptation to respond to the stream's content in chat (seeing as the channel is set to follower-only chat).
• Toxicity on the official Warframe forums:
• This is a matter that only got worse over time & it seems that the IGNORance has gotten to the point that nobody even sees my posts on there anymore.  I've already filtered out most mental temptation to response to posts on there, but occasionally attempt to try a post to see if there's been any improvement in the situation, only to once again regret the time I wasted in writing the post...  I made one final attempt on 9/30/2026 & ultimately got the results I expected (or rather, didn't get a response or reaction as expected).
• I've already added details regarding this matter to my profile on those forums, not that I expect anybody is going to look at it, I haven't had a visitor to my profile outside of my own visits since September 5th, even with the new posts & that reaction was to a comment made 2 weeks prior to when the reaction was given.
• I've also stopped reporting bugs on those forums, since those attempts don't seem to go anywhere & are for the most part a wasted effort...  Those bugs are instead being tracked on this blog for the time being (there is a link to it on the right side of this blog) & will eventually move those details to the review of the game once published to my personal site (no doubt including details about toxicity in the game, as well as community resources outside of the game).
• Toxicity in the official Warframe Discord server:
• This one is iffy at best.  Most times if I say anything in there, I don't get a response, but this is the one area of official community resources where I do sometimes get a response & toxicity is at least somewhat minimal (at least as far as I can tell up to this point).  I've considered removing myself from this server (as I've done with other official servers in the past, like the Fortnite & Dauntless servers), but as of yet I don't have enough indication that it's necessary (not like their Twitch channel or their forums).  I still limit my activity on their Discord server because I expect it's just going to go south like every other online resource out there.  It shouldn't be any surprised that I've already disabled the Prime Time text channel (and other stream-specific) channels from visible view on my side so I wouldn't be tempted to deal with them...

I suspect there are other elements outside of the Warframe community itself, like the continued organized attacks from Steam trolls that continued publicly on the Steam website for over 2 years (my online channels, profiles & personal site still remain in a high-alert status until sometime in 2028 because of it & that's provided there aren't any more noticed attacks until it reached the 2-year no attack period I've set before those heightened restrictions will be lowered).  This slander & disinformation spread by them & misinformation channel like CutCafe on YouTube are the reason I don't expect I will EVER get to the 2-year no attack conclusion & is an expected factor that may have bled over into the Warframe community (causing the issues I have in the bulleted points listed above).  Regardless of whether Steam trolls or malicious YouTube channels are playing a part in the results I have detailed in Warframe or not, I still have to look at this as toxicity in the Warframe community, because this is where the documentation of those issues is being done & can only be proven as it's origination for the time being.

I'm still playing the game, this isn't changing & if health permits, I'll be streaming it as well (I need to get more into the habit of this so I will have video documentation of when the toxicity hits in-game).  The only thing that will likely drive me off of the game is if I keep losing stuff I've already gained in the game (this has already happened during the 2026 Dog Days event & later noticed in Bird 3's wares, where the glyphs I had already acquired were revoked) or if my account is banned for some reason.  Keep in mind I keep track of all my invoices, so if it comes down to this, I will also be able to calculate how much money was wasted on the game before it became inaccessible. 

Where it goes from here is still in question...  I expect that if Digital Extremes sees what I have placed on my forum profile, they will likely retaliate against it, resulting in a possible forum ban, if not a full account ban (similar to what Genshin Impact did as far as I can tell, however what happened with them still isn't fully clear).  Of course if it comes down to that, there will be a public boycott against DE published to my personal site & that will negate any support for any streamer while they are streaming any game published by DE.  While I'm hoping it won't get down to this point, this isn't my first rodeo & I can usually see where it's going to land before it even gets there, so I'll be making sure to keep documentation of each of these notable situations should it come down to the necessary step to cut off DE entirely & go full-boycott on the company...

EDIT:  I got thinking about this while I was in bed last night (10/5/2026) & considered the possibility that the first Alliance I was in (The Gladiators Legion) could be a very likely factor in the targeted toxicity in Warframe as well (possibly higher than the other factors mentioned earlier, since this is internal in the game itself rather than external).  I won't get into too much detail on this right now since I intend on publishing a review of that Alliance to my personal site after I get the review of Warframe up, but this particular Alliance fallout is when toxicity in Warframe started becoming PAINFULLY noticeable (depressing to the point of contemplating suicide noticeable)...

Twitch drop tricks

A lot of people outside of the US have constant complaints about official Warframe streams (those with drops enabled) being outside of times that they can attend those streams (either because they are at work or because it’s the middle of the night where they live when the stream starts).  You have to remember that those official streams are a part of Digital Extremes’ job, so you can’t really expect them to stream outside of business hours where they are located.  I’ve been making it a point to attend even the streams that are in the middle of the night where I live in the US, so it’s doable, although I’ll admit perhaps not ideal...

I’m going to fill in users on a few tricks I’ve been using on my PC:

• The first is that you don’t actually need to be actively watching those streams, just in the channel with the stream playing & unmuted (at least in the site’s player, you can still mute the browser tab without it affecting your drop progress).  A lot of streamers still appreciate people lurking in their channels, so they usually won’t object to you being the channel before the stream even starts or being inactive in chat.  You can also set the quality of the stream to the lowest quality to save on bandwidth (or to make it easier in the second trick I'm going to detail below if you have a low upload rate that the running stream might impair).
• The second trick I’m going to give is regarding remote access.  You can use your mobile device to remote access your PC to start progression towards a drop.  This will require that you use software that allows for unattended access to your PC (because you will not be able to accept an incoming remote access request if you are not at your PC).  A few things I do have to point out here, however.
• When allowing unattended remote access to your computer, this opens it up to potentially being compromised.  First thing is make sure you have a strong password to be able to access that device.
• The password also has to be a static password, not a randomized password, as you will not be able to double-check the password remotely.
• Utilize the device whitelist if the software has the option for it.  This will limit only your devices to be able to access it, but will need to be set up prior to attempting to access it for the first time (the device ID should show on your device, which you would enter into the whitelist before attempted access for the first time). 
• Only run the software when you expect you are going to need it.  In the case of TeamViewer (note that I’ve stopped using this software & closed my account because they incorrectly flagged my devices as being used for non-personal use), this means disabling the background service (note that the TeamViewer background service will re-enable itself after an update to the software, so it will need to be disabled again after each update) & only running the software when you think it will be needed (also don’t leave it running indefinitely, otherwise you may run into the same problems I did).
• Make sure your user account on your PC has a password on it & lock your PC (Windows Key+L hotkey) when you are not at it.  This will add an additional step before they will be able to access your PC if somebody does access your computer while it’s not being used.
• Disable file transfers in the remote access software.  This can be enabled if you need it once you get past the login screen on your PC, but remember to turn it off again before disconnecting the session (software like TeamViewer will auto-lock your PC if you had to unlock it after a session is started).
• Also consider looking at the BetterTTV browser plugin for your PC.  This plugin adds a slew of helpful functions for the user to use, one of those is auto-redemption of bonus channel points & drops.  When I was getting errors when attempting to claim bonus points in the channel or drops that were already acquired, the BetterTTV plugin saves a whole lot of trouble.

Last updated 8/12/2026 

Of course there are mobile apps you can use while you are out, however if you have limited bandwidth (or are in an area where service is spotty at best, if not a mobile service dead zone) these may not be an ideal alternative (especially if you have to do it at work).  From my personal experience, the official apps really are not a reliable option (I would suspect this is where a lot of the complaints are coming from on the Warframe forums regarding drop progression not correctly tracking) & some of the apps really aren’t even usable anymore (the Shield TV app breaks stream playback after MOST ads are played; I’ve started using the remote access method to watch streams playing on my PC to get around this).

Changes on Twitch may limit use of the site

Recent changes to external scripts on Twitch has caused a slew of ongoing issue on their website...  I'm going to start documenting what is broken in this post, as well as giving the workaround I am using to get around it.

First issue is logging into the site (clearing cookies & cache for Twitch domains being the second thing I attempted after lessening browser security to allow all cookies & scripts from all external sites on Twitch, which required me to log back in), where it's now stating through a normal login window that my browser is not supported:

Unsupported Browser error

Note that I have censored my username & the characters in my password in the screenshot above

In order to get past this, I have to disable all browser plugins enabled in Firefox, clear cookies & cache on all Twitch domains, restart the browser, then log back in again (which means getting a new authentication code texted to me again).  This is only a temporary fix however, as the additional issues I'm going to detail below are certain site functions I've confirmed as still being broken even after going through all this trouble just to get back into my account.  The only way I've found to fully get around this issue is to log into Twitch through a Private Browser window (which means I'm having to get a new text authentication code almost daily, if not multiple times a day just to access what still remains broken through my normal method of accessing the site).

Drop Campaigns broken

 

This screenshot shows that Twitch is reporting that there are no drop campaigns available when logged in normally.

 

Claiming drops throws an error

 

Note that even the official Twitch apps occasionally throw errors when attempting to claim drops through it...

 

Notifications don't load

 

This screenshot shows that the notifications are not loading correctly (this is accessed by accessing the small icon in the top-right of this screenshot).

 

Roles Manager is broken

 

 

This screenshot shows the roles manager is throwing an error.  This is the area where you set moderators, VIPs & so on.  It's still possible to assign roles using internal chat commands through chat on your channel.

 

Clips do not extend beyond the first page
Clips I've created

Clips of my channel

The screenshots above may not be apparent what the problem is here, however when you look at these screenshots taken when I was logged in through a Private Browser window in Firefox on my PC:

Clips I've created

 

 Clips of my channel

...it shows that the top clip on the list of these screenshots taken in a Private Browser window are where the cutoff (and broken scripts) are when logged into Twitch normally.

 

Bonus points button non-functional 

 

Claiming bonus points through the button on the chat panel appears to not be functional anymore.  It turned red for a second or two.

 

Sometimes it appears to register the bonus points, but after refreshing the channel page, the button is back for claiming again & the points that appeared to be awarded before have been revoked...

 

Chat members list broken 

 

Just noticed on the 29th that even the list of people in chat is also broken:

  

This only became apparent because I was attempting to dismiss a moderation bot from my channel after figuring out how to enable ad break notifications in chat through StreamElements, meaning the other bot was no longer necessary.  Not a huge issue, I still have the userlist in my IRC client, but it's not as detailed as what Twitch does with the list (such as giving rolls to each user); this would be more of an issue in channels where you don't know the roles of other users (not that it's too hard to figure out when they have user badges shown next to their names, although sometimes users hide these).

 

Workaround for many of these issues 

 

Logging in through a Private Browser window using your PC web browser will allow you to get past most of these issues, however this requires you having to log back in REPEATEDLY (as well as having to repeatedly utilize authentication codes if you use multi-factor login protection) because your sessions will not continue beyond closing the window.  In my case, this means getting an authentication code texted to me every day I want to watch (or even lurk) a stream that has points or drops on it & sometimes multiple times a day...  Whether this will be a necessary step when I want to stream or not is still undetermined...

 

I will continue updating on other functions that are getting broken by these latest script changes on Twitch, but for the time being, these changes may cause issues if I attempt to do a stream (I can only guess how it's going to affect the embedded chat in the channel, I may have to find another alternative to get around this expected new problem as well)...

 

Last updated 6/29/2026 

Harassment efforts renewed by 800notes members

While my Twitch channel still remains on high alert, the restrictions were somewhat lowered a bit a few months ago to allow for certain chat functions on the channel.  The mass-harassment efforts that started with Steam trolls in 2023 is being breathed new life into their online harassment, internet stalking & doxing efforts with the joining of members from the 800notes website.  Because of this, I may need to tighten up the restrictions again on the Twitch channel.

It is advised that if you are not already following the channel & have not spoken in chat on it yet, that you avoid visiting the channel while it remains inactive (meaning, when a stream is not running), otherwise you may be banned from the channel under the expectation you are a part of the harassment efforts coming from 800notes & Steam trolls.  You may be able to bypass getting banned & blocked on my Twitch channel if you are not logged into your Twitch account when accessing it until I've gotten a chance to stream again, using a private browser window can help in that case if you don't want to be logging out & back into your account.

The most recent information regarding this matter can be found in the second review published on 800notes, located here (I may need to start placing IP bans on activity on the site again, since they are utilizing the information on it in their doxing efforts, so limit your usage on this site to only a few pages a day until things have died down).  The latest updates regarding my Twitch & YouTube channels will continue to be posted here, as well as on my Discord server (the Discord server is no longer accepting new members because of this ongoing 2+ years harassment campaign started by Steam, but it's possible you could still receive a private invite if I trust you enough to send you one over a private message).

Another change that was recently made on my Twitch channel was that I started to attempt giving some means of a schedule for when I could stream, but due to the uncertainty of my necessary daily tasks, the best I could do was a reverse-schedule.  The purpose of a reverse-schedule is giving the days that I know I won't be able to stream, but leaving open the possibility of when I can stream when not busy & sharing that information for followers of the channel.  This information is kept mostly up to date on my Discord server in the announcement channels.  Health issues are still playing a large part in inability to do a stream even when not busy with appointments, but this reverse-schedule at least gives indication on when streams may be possible & points out days that are expected there won't be any streams.

MiHoYo now blacklisted

I was going over some of the information on my Twitch channel & ended up noticing the URL to the official Genshin Impact forums, decided to go to it again to see if there had been any development in adding vertical invert mouselook to the game.  What I found was not the original post I made, but instead their claim that the post "violates community rules":

The reality of this is this doesn't make any sense to me; how could requesting a standard mouse function in the game (a normal function that most other games of this type) be considered as a violation?  I suspect I have an old backup of the post somewhere on my Gaming PC, I will republish the backup when the time comes to publish an article about this game & the companies involved in it.

In any case, I decided to follow up on this & found that I wasn't able to log back into my account (the site was not sending authentication emails), even after resetting the password.

There is the possibility that my account may have been compromised (I haven't gone anywhere Genshin Impact or their website in probably over 4 years) & the individual that may have stole the account may have done something that may have resulted in an actual violation of ToS (even if it wasn't my doing), but I wouldn't be surprised if it was more a matter of retaliation to negative publicity (the statement on my Twitch channel stating that streams were discontinued in this game due to lack of inverted vertical alignment), something Bandai/Namco has proven themselves very keen on doing.

Regardless, I have no intentions in restarting the game & given this gives a history with MiHoYo, I find it best to avoid any of their games in the future, so this ultimately results in a full boycott against them (at least until I can get to the bottom of why I am unable to access my account & that's only if it can be recovered).  I will be publishing a boycott against the company to my personal site when I have the time to write it (likely the next time I have to do an update to one of the existing articles on the site).

As for my Twitch channel, this temporary discontinuation of Genshin Impact streams on it has likely become permanent.  This also means that I won't be going to channels while they are streaming this game (adding Genshin Impact & any other game by the company to my Unwanted Twitch browser plugin's blacklist). 

Warframe connection issues...again...

Since last night, I've been having some pretty severe connection issues in Warframe, which is making it near-impossible to get anything done (having to complete the last Sortie mission twice just to get the rewards from it).  I might still attempt a stream if only to document the connection issues (while trying to make use of the 26-hour Affinity Booster I got as a login bonus yesterday), but if I can't stay connected, there isn't going to be much reason in playing the game, much less streaming it...  I might find something else to stream in the mean time, perhaps I'll see about getting Shadow Warrior 2 up & running again.

Warframe stream on hold due to connection issues

I was considering doing a Warframe stream tonight, however it seems the game is unable to stay connected & keeps logging me out, so I may need to find something else to play (and potentially stream) in the meantime.  The biggest problem with this is it's going to prevent me from getting Nightwave tasks done, so it will be a matter of technical issues that is going negate rewards in the game because dailies are already full & have a limited time to complete them.  I might try running it on my Nintendo Switch if I can get a USB keyboard & mouse to work with it (through the docking station, not something I have tried in playing games on the Switch yet, although I do know USB keyboards will at least allow for quick text entry), but I'm not expecting any difference in the connection issues even if use of those peripherals are an option...

I do have another game I'm intending on working on due to rewards for playing it on the Alienware Arena website (Paladins), however it uses the Unreal Engine, so this won't be a game I'm going to be streaming on Twitch because of the changes made in Fortnite that ultimately drove me off from the game (as well as from Epic Games, any exclusives on the Epic Games platform or any game that uses the Unreal Engine).  Paladins is a game I have played in the past, but took a long break from it (and ultimately intended on not going back to it again) because it has a hacker presence in the game, ultimately leading to the publication of this review.  I guess the question at this point would be if Paladins ends up having the same connection issues as Warframe, in which case I may just need to play (and potentially stream) something solo instead...

I might still attempt to stream Warframe even with the disconnect issues, if only to document the issue on Twitch (normally this would be something for YouTube, but given the recent management-supported attack on August 5th, YouTube activity is quite literally blocked through hardware firewalls, parental controls, browser security plugins & removal of YouTube apps in my home until 3 months after the last successful attack, so anything new on YouTube is currently on an indefinite hold; note that this most recent attack on YouTube isn't the latest attack however, another one happening on Steam on the 16th).  This won't be something people are going to want to watch (maybe possible to at least have a discussion over chat I guess), but at the very least I would have something I could export to YouTube later (Twitch also giving an option of direct downloading if I need to preserve a local copy on my old PC until I decide to give YouTube another chance...should I get to the point I want to mess with YouTube again...) to give a more permanent record of the issues.  As is already stated on my Twitch channel, this new computer does not yet have sufficient hard drive space for recording videos, nor does it have a second monitor or webcam yet, so this limits my recording & streaming capabilities until I can acquire the hardware necessary to get it up to normal streaming/recording standards (streaming is still possible, but responses to chat are delayed & limited because I can't actively monitor chat, a webcam feed would be lacking & voice responses only in rare cases)...  I do still have the old Windows 7 PC, however it's been overheating lately & with Steam's changes to their platform, the old version of the PC software still on that computer is doing nothing but corrupting everything installed on it through their client, so I'd either have to download official versions of F2P games or consider playing a version through another platform that isn't giving the proverbial middle finger to older OS users...

In regards to the corruption of games issue on Steam for older OSs, I've been testing some workarounds to this issue, however the 2 possibilities I've found do still have their limitations, so I'll need to do some more testing regarding this issue before I publish the new article about it to my personal site.  A bit of a teaser on the methods to get people started on it (should they want to spend time to see if it works for them), the theories that show promise are by using a shared network drive between computers or by downloading them to a PC where Steam still supports that OS (meaning a Windows 10 or newer OS is still going to be needed, but it may not be necessary to have to pay an extensive amount of money for a newer OS gaming machine) & using the client to transfer the game through your network to your older PC using the client (or just do it manually through shared directories over your network).  I will publish more details about this later once I have finished testing these options & have time to write the new article.  There's still the possibility that if this transfer works, Steam on the older OS could just corrupt those games again the next time steam is started on it, so I don't have a solid answer just yet...

8/5/2025 YouTube appeal rejected

As was to be expected, YouTube rejected the appeal, meaning this issue has been escalated & warrants another full publication of re-victimization of YouTube, the dangers of using YouTube when using their service to upload evidence videos for in-game griefing reports & another full block of YouTube over my network for the duration of the penalties incurred as a result of YouTube's support in manipulation of their service agreement.

The article will be published to my personal site in the next few days, at which point I will provide a link to it in this post.  It will continue to be updated as the issue continues.  Given it's likely the Steam trolls are behind it, they probably see this as a success & will probably attempt to continue pushing the matter to attempt to get a full channel deactivation (hopefully YouTube is smart enough to not let that happen, but based on experience in their support in these attacks, I wouldn't be surprised if they allowed it to happen.

YouTube will again be fully blocked over my network until the penalties incurred as a result of this support of the attack have expired (as was the case last time it happened), meaning not only my own devices won't be able to access it, but any other visitors that may attempt to access it while connected to my wifi.  I noticed in the past that this broke thumbnails on my Shield TV devices, but I'm willing to accept that busted function if it stops them from gaining revenue while the penalties from a re-victimization strike stay in place.

Timeline of events since last blog post

1. Alert noticed on my phone after moving some furniture around outside (getting ready for delivery):
   
   
2. After I started taking screenshots to document the followup & get ready for the new review of YouTube on my personal site, I got the email stating the appeal had been rejected:
   
   
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3. This new blog entry was published, in addition to the new post on my YouTube channel (linking to this post).
4. I was expecting I would have to go through the re-victimization training again, but when I expected the notice stating the appeal was rejected, this is what I saw:
   
   
   
   It appears YouTube is not giving an option to do the training again, which puts in question as to whether the re-victimization penalties actually will drop off in 90 days...

From what I've seen, YouTube keeps allowing this to happen on videos from almost a decade ago (videos they did nothing about back when they first published, if you are going by what they claim are their current standards), so what's to stop them from allowing it to continue happening & result in a full channel termination???  This is only happening now because of mass-attacks from the Steam troll community, something YouTube staff is turning a blind eye to...

What I do know is if it gets to the point of a full account deactivation, Google will be looking at legal action & a hefty lawsuit for damages incurred as a result of their compliance in supporting the internet stalking & harassment efforts by Steam trolls, likely with a number of subpoenas being issued for the identities of those that were filing the reports (not just to YouTube/Google, but also to Steam).  I have backups of almost all videos on YouTube, so they can be transferred to another site that doesn't bend to the will of internet stalkers.

This post will be updated to include a link to the new article published on my personal site once published.  At that point, all updates regarding the ongoing strike will be made on WonderGamer.net until (or perhaps, if) the penalties drop.  I'm sure there's plenty of other videos on my channel those stalkers are going to continue targeting, it won't matter if I shut down channel down myself or YouTube staff decides to bend to their will & do what they are attempting to get them to do, experience shows it's going to continue getting attacked indefinitely (even if it is older content that YouTube never even bothered to look at before), seems it will be shut down sooner or later, then I will need to take legal action against both Google & Steam for not doing anything to put a stop to it (or just outright supporting their actions).

There is another interesting detail regarding these attacks that actually benefited my personal site, however this is something that is going to be held for the new article on that site.  It's obvious the efforts were to make the site disappear, but that obviously backfired; what actually happened will be detailed in the new article.

UPDATE:  The new article about this situation can be found here, in addition to a short starter statement on the home page of the site.

Another YouTube strike, 2-year high-alert status once again reset

Another strike has been applied to my YouTube channel, this time targeting one of the evidence videos I used in racist harassment in Evolve Stage 2.  While there is a high likelihood this was another attacks from the Steam troll community (starting in 2023), I'm leaving my mindset open that maybe this was somebody who saw the video & didn't notice who was actually making the statement, thinking it was me saying it (although why they would think I would upload a video of me saying it is beyond me).

This video was originally uploaded to make a ToS violation report to the developers of the game & to Steam (although I was unable to track their Steam profile when I filed the report, otherwise I would have documented the permanent Steam ID of their profile & had it linked over from my personal site).

As with the last strike against my YouTube channel, I am attempting to appeal the decision before going through revictimization training again...  Either way, there will still be a new article published to my personal site about this instance of mismanagement on YouTube's part, but could be a lot smaller & a lot less damning against YouTube if they do the right thing and (at the very least) reverse the strike against the channel.  If they don't...well just look at the other reviews on WonderGamer.net about YouTube & you'll get an idea of just how large those reviews can get...

Timeline of this strike
(screenshots & additional details)

1. First notification of this video being removed & a strike being issued came through the YT Studio app on my phone (no screenshot).  I was not able to load the app from the notification (app stalled), having to be closed & reopened, then located manually.
2. I attempted to start documenting this issue on my new Windows 10 PC, however given my Windows 7 PC is still my primary PC for online publications (particularly my personal site), I shut off the Windows 10 PC (putting my plans on hold until I could get the appeal filed & this entire situation documented, making sure to keep records for the publication to my personal site) & am focusing on these new publications until a decision is made by their management on the appeal.
3. Screenshot was taken of the notification on the Homescreen of my Channel dashboard:
   
4. After manually locating the video in my Channel content, I took a screenshot to show not only the deleted video, but also the fact that it was originally age-restricted due to the content of the video, as well as YouTube's reason for it's removal:
   
   
5. I copied the thumbnail from the Twitch version, which shows the speaker next to the name of the person that was making the statement when the recording was made (originally exported from the video itself):
   
   
6. I took a screenshot of the appeal process prior to submitting it:
   
   
7. I finalled the appeal reason (after several attempts of getting a half-way decent statement that would fit withing the 800 character limititation).  While I wanted to put more details into this appeal, the shortened version (to fit it into the character restriction) was as follows):
   
   This video was originally uploaded to be used in a report of racism to Steam & Evolve Stage 2, as well as showing that I wouldn't play with toxic people like this.  The game has since been shut down, so I'm fine with the video being deleted, it was only left up to show the mindset of the person making the statement (shown by the speaker next to their name in the video when the comment was being stated).  Seeing as a strike is being placed on my account in response to documentation of actions by another user for reporting purposes, I need to appeal at least the strike.  Provided the strike is removed (and considering there is no way to track the profile of the person who did it), I am willing to delete the video from YouTube myself, if not just left deleted after the strike is removed.
   
8. I received an email as I was getting this blog entry ready to be published.  The email was the one that stated the that video had been removed (so either I was late in receiving it or they were late in sending it, as I was working on the publication of this issue as soon as I saw the alert from the YT Studio app on my phone), not the appeal being filed as I was hoping (or a decision being made on the appeal).  A screenshot was taken of the email for documentation of their official contact (even if the contact was late):
   
   
   
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9. Before going back to writing this blog entry, I took a screenshot of the screenshot shwoing that the appeal had been filed:
   
   
10. I held off on completing this blog entry & wrote a quick entry to my YouTube channel's Posts section to inform followers about the strike on the channel (which ultimately means the channel will be going dormant until the strike disappears).
11. After getting the quick summary completed on this post published (prior to uploading screenshots & started the Timeline of this strike section), I went back to the YouTube posts & updated it with a link to this post.
12. The final step in this (so far, although additional steps will likely be put into a new blog post, a new YouTube review being published to my personal site still being certain, but the result of the publication will depend on YouTube's response to the appeal) was to get the extended info section posts with screenshots and additional details that were provided in the appeal.
    

For now, I am putting this issue to rest & will try to focus on other matters (perhaps do a stream on Twitch & discuss this issue if anybody attempts to speak in the livestream chat; guess it's time to hook up my mic to my Win10 PC, even if I still don't have a webcam on it) until I get a response to the appeal.  Should the appeal succeed, the videos will likely be personally deleted (if not just set to private; note that only one has been flagged so far).  In any case, I will be setting the remaining videos to private (I would set them to unlisted, but considering they are linked off of my Steam profile & it's likely this was an attack from the Steam troll community, who was also at fault for the last attack doing the exact same thing), as well as the Evolve Wall of Shame playlist.  As previously stated, these videos are also linked off of my Steam profile, so I will be updating those video descriptions with details about this strike, as well as the current state of where it's at (ultimately those videos will be removed from my Steam profile if the appeal succeeds, but will remain with additional details added to the description if it fails, even if the videos are not playable due to being set to private).