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
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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).

First stream in some time, not great results...

First attempt to stream using the new PC (Windows 10) and the latest version of OBS...and the short version is quality came out pretty bad...  I got a mere 300p out of this stream, so unless it's my unfamiliarity with OBS Studio (using an old beta version on Windows 7, which is capable of at least 720p) & the settings may have been wrong, I'm going to need to get this resolved before I do any more long streams.  The last one can be found here (not going to attempt to embed it, this has been broken for close to a decade) & is over 6 hours, but ultimately it's something I'm going to have to research & see if I can get it resolved.  A possibility could be the screen ratio, which I know can sometimes drop quality when livestreaming (depending on the service streamed to), so I may need to spend some time redoing what I have to make it more compatible with Twitch's streaming expectations (or maybe consider installing the old beta version on this new PC using my backup of the isntaller & using that rather than the newer OBS Studio)...

Limited streaming will be starting again

As has been stated in the last post, my main PC is currently overheating & my newly-built PC (Windows 10) is still not up to my standards for streaming, but I'm noticing continually increasing toxicity in Warframe (the game I've been playing the most of lately) that often times results in solo missions when most of the team has dropped out, so I determined it's going to be necessary to start streaming so that toxicity can at least be made public to some degree (whether they are permanent additions to the internet or just temporary until they expire is still undetermined, however it will at least give the option to save them through one of two different methods if I need a more permanent documentation of something that happened in game).

There are currently 3 different things that are keeping this PC from being a normal streaming machine:

• Insufficient hard drive space:
  This means there is a lack of space to keep games installed, as well as recording of videos.  I should at least be able to stream to Twitch, but will need to find a way to disable consecutive recording while streams are running.  This ultimately means that if a more permanent version of a video is necessary, the video won't be as high quality as if I had uploaded a recorded video.  This PC currently only has about 2.75 TBs of space on it, I will need to purchase at least 2 decent sized hard drives (or 1 really large hard drive) to get it up to par for normal streaming/recording of games or leaving games installed for more variety (as it is now, I'm having to remove & reinstall games every so often when I run out of space).
• Single monitor:
  I currently don't have the preferred monitor set up, meaning at least 2 monitors so I can monitor chat on the same PC (although using my laptop might be an option for this, it doesn't mean it's going to be in my line of view while streaming games).  Without that second monitor & the ability to actively monitor chat while streaming, responses to chat will be limited to between missions.  I will still be embedding chat into streams regardless so I can still document harassment that is to be expected while streaming (especially with new followers that joined when the organized attacks from Steam trolls started in 2023; this seems to have mostly died down, but I don't expect it has fully stopped yet, especially when comments are still being made in that thread on Steam after Steam staff unlocked it & is allowing showing of those comments again).
• No webcam:
  While it might be possible to use the webcams I have on my Windows 7 PC (although I don't know I have a driver that will work with them on Windows 10), use of that webcam still won't be an option until I can get my PC where it should be (in the home office, on a desk; not in the front room using the frontroom TV as a monitor...although I will admit playing games on a 58-inch widescreen TV is a nice change once in a while).  This probably isn't going to be something that will keep me from moving the PC to my home office, but it will affect my ability to have a webcam panel in those streams until I can get one that will work with Windows 10.

Note that while chat won't be actively monitored, it will still be actively documented, still using an IRC client to log chat even when the channel isn't active (this also logs users that enter the channel in most cases, even if they don't chat while they are in it).  Embedded chat may be somewhat blurry in recorded/exported/highlighted videos, but I'll still have the IRC logs to back up what is said, with timestamps down to the millisecond of it being made if needed.

I expected a minimum of 2 more months (possibly longer, seeing as I have a yearly phone bill coming up next month) before I will be able to start streaming & responding to viewers as a normal streamer would, this will be when I have the hard drives & monitors on the new PC as necessary for streaming & recording.  I might consider using the laptop to be able to monitor chat, but I still don't expect that to be a normal standard, just a temporary workaround to not having active viewing of chat while streaming (if it's done at all).  The other option might be going back to the Windows 7 PC for streaming if I can get the overheating issue resolved (I have a new liquid cooling unit already delivered, I just haven't gotten around to installing it yet to see if it resolves the issue).

I may consider adding new information to the channel (possibly through a goal, not that I expect to gain enough to even make a dent towards finishing the PC any sooner) to give a status on where I'm at in regards to getting this Windows 10 PC up to my streaming standards, at which point I'll be able to have active discussions with viewers again (not just limited discussions between missions).

New videos & streams on hold

While I was intending on getting back into streaming on Twitch & have been uploaded semi-regular videos to YouTube, these are going to have to be put on hold for a couple of reasons.  My main PC (running Windows 7) is currently having overheating issues & my new PC (running Windows 10) still isn't fully built, so that negates both of the main gameplay media sharing functions I have been doing for some time (even while health issues continued to be a factor that kept me from streaming to Twitch, even when I did have a decent enough upload rate to continue doing so).

I'm currently looking for a replacement liquid cooling unit for the CPU to deal with the overheating issue (given it's been running on overdrive lately & running higher powered games on it results in a full PC shutoff when it gets too hot, unable to get the PC running again until it cools off naturally), I'm expecting this is the first place to start with getting that PC game-worthy again (at least with older games that don't require a Windows 10 or higher OS to run them).  This PC is still run as a server for other devices in my home (and potentially over the internet if needed).

While I do have a Windows 10 PC now (my friend finding a deal on Facebook that included a motherboard, CPU, liquid-cooling, RAM & wireless network card combo; I still had to purchase one of my friend's older video cards, a new case & R2 chip for the OS drive), it's still not in the same position as my other PC was for recording & streaming, but is at least semi-functional for gaming (including the ability to play the majority of games I owned on other platforms that wouldn't run on Windows 7).  This system is still going to require a decent capacity hard drive, a second monitor & a second battery-backup surge-protector before I expect to be using it normally).

While streaming to Twitch & uploading videos to YouTube will not be an option for at least a few more months, I am considering possibly streaming over my Discord server (seeing as this is an option with full functionality now that I have a Windows 10 PC; streaming over Discord used to cut audio on Windows 7, so I disabled streaming in most of the channels on my server, exception being the hardware, software & app troubleshooting channels).  Of course my Discord server is still set as private due to organized attacks from the Steam troll community starting in 2023 (attacks that Steam management supported through additional penalization actions against a targeted victim of those attacks), so currently only the people that are still on the server will have access to it (as well as other people I may know already that I may give private invites to the server, but public joining is still locked down because of those ongoing attacks & won't be lifted until 2 years after the last documented attack, that date given on my Twitch channel) if I do start doing them (which will probably only be on request or if voiced that they have an interest in it; people still on the server are relatively low, so I doubt any interest will be voiced).

An additional note is in addition to now having a Windows 10 PC, I've opened up what games I am willing to support on Twitch while they are being streamed by channels I follow (watching of other channels on YouTube that show ads still being avoided due to YouTube's support in those same attacks coming from Steam & lack of action to take down misinformation videos down on other YouTube channels publishing slander).  There are still other games that will not be supported due to other running boycotts, but the minimum OS of anything higher than Windows 7 is no longer a restriction that will keep me from entering those channels while they are streaming those games.

The actions by Epic Games that forced accumulated V-Bucks (roughly 37,100 over a period of over 4 years forced to a mode I don't even play & no option to switch them back to the mode I did play) in Fortnite still keeps me from doing much on Twitch in regards to watching other channels (anything published or developed by Epic Games, developed using the Unreal Engine or exclusive to their PC platform & not on a Nintendo system), but there have been rare instances where I've followed new channels that got raided by the official Warframe channel.  One stipulation in regards to channels I will stick around in is if they are displaying Patreon links on their channel however (which has played more of a factor on YouTube than it has on Twitch), going back to he boycott that started against Patreon after the incident that happened in 2021 (which made it clear that "supporting Patreon creators" changed to a "blacklisting Patreon creators" standard in response to their management's actions & not giving an option to appeal it, not to mention some of the most childish actions I've ever seen on any business page on Facebook).  Of course when it comes to raids from the official Warframe channel, it's more a matter of whether I even stay until the stream ends, because lack of acknowledgement of you being the channel (ignoring what you are saying in chat) is a pretty good reason I'll take off, not to mention will usually negate any chance of being followed or subbed to (the reality if it is if the official Warframe channel didn't have drops, I wouldn't even be messing with it).

Steam harassment continues...

The harassment on Steam has picked up again after Steam management started allowing comments on the thread where this original situation started (as was to be expected when I first noticed they were allowing comments in that thread again). It looks at this point that the higher restrictions on the Twitch channel and private Discord is likely going to become permanent, seeing as Steam management can't get their shit together in putting a stop to it.

The end of the heightened alert status is now pushed back to February 22nd, 2027 (determined by the date of the last comment considered as being abusive & deceiving in that thread). The reality of it, however, is that I don't believe we will ever get to the end of the heightened alert period with the continued attacks, so just expect that this status will be indefinitely extended and probably never end... There will be no more updates about pushbacks to this date on this blog, but the expiration date will be listed on the Twitch channel itself (and continue to be pushed back as necessary).

2-year high alert period once again reset

As of 1/28/2025, I have noticed that ALL entries for this blog as been purged from the Google search engine.  This is being viewed as another successful attack, likely organized by the Steam troll community & the CutCafe misinformation channel on YouTube (probably other sources I am not currently aware of).  In response to completion of this attack (which affects Google search results for this blog), the 2-year high alert status is once again being reset (meaning higher restrictions in my Twitch channel, disabled contact email on WonderGamer.net & expiring personal-invite to my Discord server to trusted individuals only).  The estimated end period of high-alert status is now 1/28/2027.

EDIT:  In addition to the extension of this high alert status, I've also decided that since this attack affects this blog, I am also going to disable comments on the blog (at least) until the high alert status ends & posts from this blog once again start showing in search engines (not that I'm expecting either of these to actually happen).