Gram Pico Helps Blue Team Take First Place in a Wardogs Match on Halloween Night
Playing a builder and support role with a hammer rather than a gun, the Phase Connect streamer then told viewers to check their money before they buy.
PHASE CONNECT — Gram Pico, a Phase Connect streamer, was on the blue team that finished first in a match of the multiplayer shooter Wardogs on Halloween night. She played a support role, building and hauling rather than shooting, and said afterward that she had not made any kills.
Wardogs is an FPS sandbox game in which teams put up bases, set up drills and fire mortars while contesting a moving hot zone. Gram Pico said she did not know the game well. She spent much of the match building walls and bases with a hammer, got a ride on a helicopter from another player and learned along the way that the drills needed fuel before they would run. The score was close at the midpoint before the blue team moved ahead and held on.
“Check your money before you buy.” — Gram Pico, after buying gear she could not afford
After the win she checked what she could unlock at the team level of 23. She then bought an item without checking her balance and ended up short of funds. “Check your money before you buy,” she told viewers, adding that she was the type to make that mistake. She also said a Wardogs match usually runs an hour and a half to two hours, and that she would like to pair a car with her builder role next time.
The stream opened with a laggy PC and a microphone setting that changed on its own and then fixed itself. Gram Pico also said she had forgotten it was Halloween until she went out, then dressed as a nurse for a short dance video of a Love Live song, performed with several others and already posted. She said more videos would follow.
She said her next stream would be an idol-producing game, with her in the producer’s seat.
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