Utnayan backlog challenge: part 2 ends Jan 31
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Rajaah
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On a side note, I bought a few PS4 games in Europe, with French covers and everything. It's pretty badass, and the games play perfectly / in English on an American PS5.
...except it won't let me download DLC for any of them from the American PS store.
And one of them is Dissidia NT which lives and dies on its DLC since like half the characters are DLC unlocks.
lul.
Oh well.
...except it won't let me download DLC for any of them from the American PS store.
And one of them is Dissidia NT which lives and dies on its DLC since like half the characters are DLC unlocks.
lul.
Oh well.
Rajaah
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personal challenge may be the way to go.
Let’s get this figured out by the weekend. I will fork out the money you guys deal with the details.
Gavinmad you need to contribute asshole!
I say go Jan 1st to Jan 31st. I can't start until Jan 3rd or 4th, myself. Already got my list / ten objectives for the month:
Switch:
-FNAF5
PS4/5:
-Ratchet and Clank (100%)
-Rez Infinite
-Resident Evil
-Resident Evil 2
Wii U
-Monster Hunter 3
-Wave Race 64
-Mario 64 DS
3DS
-Spirit Tracks
Wii
-Super Paper Mario
Calling my shot, if I get 'em all cool, if I don't, I don't.
MH3 is easily the longest. FNAF5 is probably going to be the most obnoxious even though I'm on the last "level". Ratchet I might not go for 100% depending on how long it takes and whether or not I get tired of it by the time the end is near. Spirit Tracks is probably the one thing I'd single out if I were to only beat one thing on this list, because it's been backlogged for about ten years and is the only one of my 3 unplayed Zeldas that's old at this point. Resident Evil 1 is probably gonna be the first thing I take on out of this list.
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I like these, but mostly B/C, to expand participation and keep it objective and less of an administrative burden.
Do it quarterly, when beating a game you have to post the proof, HLTB points, and maybe your running total (games and points, provide a template in the OP for that quarter, which will also link to the prior OPs). Those who finish above a curve (something like top 10% of points) get a badge to spread recognition from the top and keep motivation, and some quarters a sweetener like the gift card, generated in some form by people like Ut or others in the community.
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That’s what I’m talking about you guys need to come up with a very functional system I’ll drop the first cash reward I love it let’s go.
A combo of B and Personal challenge is c and and im
Leaning towards that.
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Gavinmad
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watpersonal challenge may be the way to go.
Let’s get this figured out by the weekend. I will fork out the money you guys deal with the details.
I was tempted to try sperging out for this one, but to have had any chance of beating Rajaah I would have had to completely abandon FF14 and MWO for the entire month which is why I gave up almost immediately. As far as continuing the contest goes, I have no idea better than that suggestion to weight games by their length.
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At this point I don't care! You came in with a valid opinion that was right. You brought up early something that could be abused. It made myself and others think!
You are now involved and we need your help for the thread to continue. Pleas sperg and help with coming up with something for round 2. I am paying for it but I think with your extreme ASPERGERS you can help with this thanks. I am OCD....I am not a Asperrg like some of you....
This is about the overall good of the community. Life is full of shit and people are depressed. We all need a escape and here it is.
Let us join together for a greater cause for once and tackle our god forsaken backlog!
Long story short you need to help out on this one
Gavinmad
. This thread will last for years and it will be many thanks to your ass.
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Gavinmad
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I hadn't given up yet and trying to keep yalls lead down while I figured out the best way to exploit the rules myself.
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Crone
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I like B + C. I'm mainly into the longer games, and so I suggest quarterly results maybe? Ain't no way I have the time to beat RDR2 in like just 1 month I don't think. My Farcry 6 playthrough is nearly complete for the story, so I'll be coming out the gate hard on the points!!
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In no particular order...
Farcry 6
Control
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham Knight
Cyberpunk 2077
Red Dead Redemption 2
Metro 2033
Metro Last Light
Metro Exodus
Witcher DLCs (Heart of Stone/Blood & Wine)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
God of War
Farcry: New Dawn
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Jedi Fallen Order
Spiderman DLC
Spiderman: Miles Morales
Uncharted 3
Uncharted 4
Uncharted: Lost Legacy
Jurassic World: Evolution
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Horizon: Forbidden West
Elden Ring
Coop:
Outriders
The Ascent
Deep Rock Galactic
Dying Light
Dying Light 2
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Sniper Elite 4
Control
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham Knight
Red Dead Redemption 2
Metro Last Light
Metro Exodus
Witcher DLCs (Heart of Stone/Blood & Wine)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
God of War
Farcry: New Dawn
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Jedi Fallen Order
Spiderman DLC
Spiderman: Miles Morales
Uncharted 3
Uncharted 4
Uncharted: Lost Legacy
Jurassic World: Evolution
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Horizon: Forbidden West
Elden Ring
Coop:
Outriders
The Ascent
Deep Rock Galactic
Dying Light
Dying Light 2
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Sniper Elite 4
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Rajaah
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I might need to scratch MH3U off my "ten objectives for the month" because it's like 70 hours long. Unless we're going for a points-based system based on HLTB hours after all, then it'd be worth going ahead with now.
However either way if I go ahead with MH3U, I probably won't beat anything else this month. Time investment wise, it's like lumping a single-player EQ on top of all the other games I'm looking at. And yeah the online functionality is long-gone, was looking at the thread for it and all the multiplayer people got up to back in the day and I bet it was a blast.
I'm also probably a lunatic for even playing MH3U when there are 4+ games worth of QOL improvements on top of it. World, Rise, Generations, and even MH4 are all steps up. I didn't know where to start and MH3U is the first HD game in the series, plus the beginning of "modern" MH. I'm still gonna take a stab at it, just don't know if it'll be this month or not. I was enjoying the backlog-clearing with mid-sized games.
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We have a timeframe/plan in place yet for the next backlog shindig?
However either way if I go ahead with MH3U, I probably won't beat anything else this month. Time investment wise, it's like lumping a single-player EQ on top of all the other games I'm looking at. And yeah the online functionality is long-gone, was looking at the thread for it and all the multiplayer people got up to back in the day and I bet it was a blast.
I'm also probably a lunatic for even playing MH3U when there are 4+ games worth of QOL improvements on top of it. World, Rise, Generations, and even MH4 are all steps up. I didn't know where to start and MH3U is the first HD game in the series, plus the beginning of "modern" MH. I'm still gonna take a stab at it, just don't know if it'll be this month or not. I was enjoying the backlog-clearing with mid-sized games.
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We have a timeframe/plan in place yet for the next backlog shindig?
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Whenever just waiting on you guys confirming the rules.
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I mean the momentum from clearing out a bunch of those mid-sized games is nice, but every once in a while you gotta take on the big dude.I might need to scratch MH3U off my "ten objectives for the month" because it's like 70 hours long. Unless we're going for a points-based system based on HLTB hours after all, then it'd be worth going ahead with now.
However either way if I go ahead with MH3U, I probably won't beat anything else this month. Time investment wise, it's like lumping a single-player EQ on top of all the other games I'm looking at. And yeah the online functionality is long-gone, was looking at the thread for it and all the multiplayer people got up to back in the day and I bet it was a blast.
I'm also probably a lunatic for even playing MH3U when there are 4+ games worth of QOL improvements on top of it. World, Rise, Generations, and even MH4 are all steps up. I didn't know where to start and MH3U is the first HD game in the series, plus the beginning of "modern" MH. I'm still gonna take a stab at it, just don't know if it'll be this month or not. I was enjoying the backlog-clearing with mid-sized games.
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Rajaah
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I say a combination of B and C above for the second contest.
-Runs Jan 1st to Jan 31st
-You post your list of goals for the month, call your shot if you will. You don't have to finish the whole list, or even stick to it. This is just to "announce your participation" and show your level of involvement, while also giving you an itinerary of sorts.
-Points are done via the average hours listed on Howlongtobeat.com (in the top slot, Main Story)
The (probable) next game I'm going to play is worth 11 points. Yeah, a lot of our backlogged games are partially-completed already, but we put that time in either way.
It's up to people how much optional stuff they want to do, but only the Main Story number counts for points. If it's a half-number, round UP.
UNLESS, and I'll leave this up to discussion: If you can furnish a platinum trophy for a game, it counts as the Completionist hour total instead. This brings backlogged plats into play as well. For example, I want to go back and plat Code Vein, but I haven't done it because I was beating games for the contest and it'll take a while. So I think this could be a fun addition to the rules while also encouraging people to go ahead and get everything out of a particular game rather than feeling like they need to hurry up and move on. ADDENDUM: Some games give you the plat before you're actually at 100%, due to DLC. A plat with "91%" next to it is entirely fine for Completionist numbers.
At the end of the day we want the rules to be as concise and clear as possible to not leave any room for loopholes. And obviously the completionist scores will only come into play for Playstation systems (and Steam? IDK, don't have Steam) where we have absolute proof in the form of platinum trophies. If you want to catch 'em all in Pokemon Diamond I wouldn't do it as part of the contest.
Thoughts?
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Rajaah
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I agree, as long as it's done in the timeframe obviously. And the amount you have left in any given main story or plat doesn't really matter to me here either. Point is you did it. And if you're 80% done with a game and knock it off, that last 20% can vary wildly in size, so you should get more points for the longer games regardless.
The only real problem I see with my ideas is that they discourage starting long games from the beginning rather than resuming already partially played long games.
But, really, when it comes down to it, the point of all of this is just to get us clearing out the things we've been wanting to get to but neglecting.
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100% agree and I’m a completionist. This is about knocking out games you wouldn’t bother playing just to clear the cobwebs.
I would rather you guys beat these games with a complete in easy mode than never play.
Far Cry 6 is my next game. Set the rules up and I’ll do this months $100 winner. You guys decide how to do it raffle + entries for games is nice.
$50 steam / Xbox / PS4 code for a raffle with completed games adding extra raffle entries and a separate $50 raffle for anyone that posted a one complete game over 8 hours?
Something like that? We can fine tune next month
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Sounds fine. Can 1 person win both?
What category are the "How Long to Beat" hours adding towards?