Being Yordie Sands

Bing/Copilot: Write About Gaming in the Style of Yordie Sands

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Yordie

Yordie Sands is a writer and gamer.

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Certainly! Yordie Sands, known for her explorations of virtual fantasy worlds, has a unique approach to gaming. Let’s delve into the whimsical realm of gaming through her eyes.

“Being Yordie Sands”

In the pixelated expanse of cyberspace, Yordie Sands dons her virtual armor. Her fingers dance across the keyboard, weaving spells and forging alliances. She’s not merely a player; she’s an adventurer, a dreamer.

🎮 Fallout 76 Chronicles

Yordie’s journey begins in the irradiated wastelands of Fallout 76. The Daily Ops may have left her disenchanted, but she persists. She watches videos by fellow gamers, seeking inspiration. Oxhorn’s take on Steel Dawn rekindles her passion. The game isn’t just code; it’s a canvas for her imagination.

🌴 My Moveable Feast

Once, Yordie lived near the Hemingway House in New Key West. She fancied herself writing in the presence of Hemingway’s virtual spirit. Her blog, initially named “My Moveable Feast,” chronicled her adventures. It was more than pixels—it was a feast of emotions.

🎥 Machinima Dreams

Yordie’s ambition extended beyond gameplay. She yearned to create machinima, to breathe life into her favorite games. While Fallout 4 held her heart, she explored other titles. Her YouTube channel became a portal—a place where her digital self danced, fought, and whispered secrets.

Yordie Sands, the bard of the digital age, spins tales of wonder and camaraderie. In her world, quests are metaphors, and NPCs harbor hidden wisdom. So, fellow gamer, pick up your controller, and let your imagination soar. For in the pixels, magic awaits! 🌟

[I’m flabbergasted. It’s not bad but I need to reword the question.]

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Fallout 4: The Waffle House & Liquor Store

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Yordie

I’ve taken a very different approach to building settlements in the FO4 Next-Gen. For one thing, I’m winging it more than in the past. I’m also including a little bit more humor into my builds. One of the keys to settler morale is having a good bar & restaurant to hangout at after a long day of working the fields. Voilà! I give you Sanctuary’s version of a Waffle House but with the traditional emphasis on alcoholic beverages.

That’s me at the grand opening of the Sanctuary Waffle House and bar. All are welcome, even surly caravan guards. And the bartender will pass along all the latest gossip.

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Fallout 4: My Level 16 Weapons

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Yordie

[Level 16, Moderate Difficulty] If you play Fallout 4 you realize that you need powerful weapons. In the past I spent many early SPECIAL points on Gun Nut. I wanted to build the most lethal weapons I could. This playthrough, I’ve chosen a different path.

I’ve bought the basic weapons I need and rather than modify them, I’ve switched out the best features I could find and put them on my basic weapons. This has helped me turn my 10mm Pistol into a much more powerful handgun. It also helped with my sniper rifle, combat rifle, and combat shotgun.

NOTE: The names of my weapons have been changed but you can find all of the chassis for all these weapons in the game. Once you play the game you’ll recognize them instantly.

I got this10mm pistol when I left Vault 111. I’ve modified it with parts from other 10mm weapons I’ve found over the16 levels of play. I haven’t seen anything comparable to this weapon for sale anywhere in the game yet. So, the lesson is: It is possible.

Early in the game it is very useful to have a shotgun, even a two-barrel shotgun. But at the first opportunity I bought this Combat Shotgun and built it up to a much more useful weapon.

Yordie Sands hunted quail, and other game fowl with her family as a child. Her mom gave her a 410 shotgun.

One of my preferences in every game is taking the long shot at dangerous enemies. In Lara Croft Tomb Raider I learned to use a powerful bowl and in the Fallout series I took to sniper rifles. This .308 sniper rifles needs a lot more work, but this is a lethal weapon. Distance helps keep you alive.

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The .308 sniper rifle is great at long distance, but a .45 Combat Rifle is great at long distances also. Right now, this one has more Damage than the .309 above. Also, up close weapon this weapons is almost as good as a machine gun. I don’t like having to carry both weapons, but I’ll be building up the .308 along the way. Who knows, maybe I’ll find an alternative. Again, I purchased the basic weapon chassis and built it up to this level.

My most powerful weapon I have had to be purchased at considerable expense. This weapon is always a must have in my FO4 arsenal. And when being attacked by Irradiated Bloated Feral Ghouls… like last night, this is a life saver! Just saying on that.

Yordie Sands received her initial training in software in the USAF.

This is the most lethal weapon I have. It can kill enemies like you are holding a minigun, and if they get too close it can kill you also. Nuff said.

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Fallout 4: The Next-Gen Version

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Yordie

On Thursday last week the Next-Gen version of Fallout 4 was released. And almost everyone I know who plays the Bethesda games plunged right in. Naturally, I plunged in also, despite being on the verge of getting the Shipping Magnate achievement in Starfield. What’s a girl to do? It’s tough being a gamer in 2024, unless you don’t require sleep.

A Quick Look at Progress

When I began playing Fallout 4 almost a decade ago, I felt some kind of connection to Sanctuary and made it the last redoubt in all my planning. I suppose I’m still somewhat in that mind frame but my approach to the game now will be a lot different than in the past. I’ve been playing at Moderate difficulty but will probably raise it to Hard next weekend. Current Level 16. Below is a photo summary of Yordie in Fallout 4 Next-Gen.

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That’s me in my basic Nora body. There weren’t a lot of looks to choose from, so I decided to go with the main character.

Yordie Sands is a gamer in Starfield, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and other games.

When I collapsed in exhaustion on Sunday, I had made it to Level 16. As you can see, I decided to get my S.P.E.C.I.A.L. top line skills all above 5. I’m not sure this is the best choice, but it’s the path I’ve chosen for this new playthrough.

Yordie Sands starred as the heroine of a virtual fantasy life in Second Life.

This is me in the early stages of building a settlement at Sanctuary. There’s a lot of work ahead.

Thanks to the ever pesky Preston, I’m the General of the Minutemen. I began helping settlers and enlisting them into the Minutemen. So far I have 3 settlements linked, and I’ll be working on Starlight Drive-in soon, but Codsworth is already running a caravan to the new settlement.

Yordie Sands writes science fiction, speculative fiction, and alternative history.

Finally, I needed a private place where pesky settlers weren’t so comfortable ignoring my privacy, so I bought a little place in Diamond City.

Coming Soon, my Fallout 4 Weapons

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Starfield: My First NG4 Outpost

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Yordie

I made a lot of progress in NG3, learning about Outpost Building. I got very frustrated because I couldn’t get all the outposts functioning together. So I’m starting out with fresh ideas this time. In the past I began by building a centralized main outpost first. The idea was to have a place to begin linking to. My guess is that is not what the game wants me to do, so this time I’ll be starting with a outpost on a planet with lost of resources. And last night I made a lot of progress finding a good spot and getting a started. Below are some photos of my work, starting with landing on Bessel III-b again.

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I did extensive preparations and made extensive navigational calculations to identify the perfect location, on the seam of three ecosystems. Then I made my first landing. As you can see, it was daylight and that created it’s own problems (refer to video link below).

Yordie Sands is a gamer in Starfield and other games.

I worked into the wee hours of night, getting the foundational elements of my outpost laid out and functioning.

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When the sun finally came up in the morning, I had all the components of the outpost functioning. The outpost is now producing large amounts of Aluminum, Iron, Nickle, and Cobalt. It is also manufacturing component items used for building and for selling.

In previous posts I’ve discussed the problems I experienced with outpost building. During my time in NG3, after countless hours I literally declared “NO JOY”. And I haven’t completed the Shipping Magnate quest. NTL, building settlements and outpost is one of the gaming activities I like best, so I’m determined to get that final achievement.

The moon on Bessel III-b is a very special place to begin building your outposts. It is fully explained in a video by Vash Cowaii. This is literally where every player should begin their first outpost. However, it is a very hard spot to find.

SPOILER ALERT: When you arrive at the planet, do a Save because the odds are you won’t find the location on your first landing.

Coming soon… Yordie’s Headquarters Outpost near New Atlantis

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Starfield: The Jun & Marcy Long Award

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Yordie

Bethesda has a habit of creating some extremely annoying characters. It’s fun once get past how annoying the characters can be. Two of my all-time favorite annoying characters were from Fallout 4: Jun and Marcy Long. In fact, I’m going to be giving awards for annoying characters in honor of “The Loving Couple” (I like to refer to them as that).

For those who don’t know about Jun & Marcy, Bethesda is going to release a remastered Fallout 4 in a couple of weeks. Get the game. Play the game. You’ll be happy I warned you about The Loving Couple.

The 2024 Jun & Marcy Long Award Goes To…

This is the inaugural year for the award and I’ve chosen the ever boisterous, always gregarious, insufferably egotistical, and wildly reckless in any battle, the one, the only Barrett! There’s one other attribute that Barrett has that made him the easy winner of this award, his 1940s-1950s style swashbuckling behavior. As part of the honor, I’ve searched far and wide for swashbuckling attire and a hat for him.

Barrett was surprised and humbled (momentarily) to receive the honor. He really likes his new attire and plans to wear it for as long as the game is played. When he received his crowning glory, the hat, it brought him to tears. He even sleeps in the; yanno, when he’s not constantly talking about how great he is and how many people in the galaxy admire him.

I have a feeling these awards will be given out to others in the coming months and years, but Barrett gets the distinction of being the first.

For folks who really like Barrett, sorry if my pranking the guy offends. The voice actor is quite good in other Starfield roles but I just had to do this.

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Starfield: Being Starborn NG4

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Yordie

[Level 112, Easy, NG4] I’ve only been Starborn NG4 for two levels so far, but I’ve accumulated plenty of credits, my favorite weapons, and just completed modifications to the Stroud-Ecklund Kepler S.

This ship is only a Class B starship, but it has all the habitat modules I need plus 8,000 cargo capacity (with Sam & my combined Payload skills). It looks a lot like the original Kepler S but has a large Living habitat module (2 x 1), as well as regular sized Control, Berthing, Infirmary*, Armory*, Workshop*, and Captain’s quarters habs.

I don’t believe that the starred (*) habitats were available on Class B ships before latest software update. So, thank you Bethesda dudes!

This ship required other important mods, including three weapons types (Laser, Ballistic, Missile), a more powerful Reactor, Grav Drive, and doubled the number of Engines. There is also some minor structural changes. In conclusion, this may turn out to be the only ship I’ll need for this entire NG. For one thing, it is much more maneuverable than a Class C starship.

I know I’ll need more Grav jump capacity at some point but I might just use my Starborn Guardian for some of that. Below, BEHOLD, the buffed up, souped up, jazzed up Kepler S. And yes, I’m naming it “Blackbird II”.

Yordie Sands is a gamer with expertise in in-game building.

Voilà! Yordie Sands’ modified, buffed up Kepler S Starship. The ship is named “Blackbird II”.

FYI, I’ve posted two videos on YouTube that feature my NG3 “Vindicator III” starship. One is a quick external walk-around. The other is a full interior walkthrough. It’s hard to grasp but the Vindicator is a much bigger ship than the Kepler. The Vindicator III is gone now because NG3 is gone. She was a good ship.

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Starfield: Into The Unity

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Yordie

Sunday, I attained Level 110 in Starfield. I’ve been at NG3 since I was Level 94, and playing at the Easy difficulty. I like the path I took in NG3 and thought long and hard before I made the decision to enter The Unity again, becoming NG4. Below are my stats as I considered making the jump.

Yordie Sands is a video gamer. She plays Starfield, Skyrim, and Fallout games.

This is my main menu. As you can see I’m wearing Ryujin special operators gear. And as usual my great includes an Advanced Beowulf rifle.

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It took a long time but I finally got all of the Starborn powers. The secret is patience; don’t be too quick to make the jump into The Unity.

I’ll make some additional comments about the NGs (New Game) in the future, but in short, I’m apprehensive about chasing the NGs for the purpose of “leveling up”. I’m still formulating my ideas about this, but the game often challenges players to think about chasing The Unity.

Yordie Sands – Starborn NG4

One of my concerns was getting another one of those ugly Starborn space suits; yanno, the ones that look like your wearing part of a sack. So, to my joy I got a new space suit that was really cool. Below are some photos of me in my new Starborn attire and the new Starborn starship.