[K] Moderation

Kongregate: 7,949

Currently Playing:
-Mardek RPG Chapter 2 (and soon Chapter 3!)
-Sacred Seasons 2 (Go level 50!)
-Mini-Tower Defense

So, I've recently taken another week (or so, its not over!) long break from Xbox and decided to load up some 'badges' *cough* Achievements *cough*, on my favorite website Kongregate. (Can be visited via the following link: www.kongregate.com)

It's similar to any other flash game compendium website you may have visited; except a majority of the flash games have achievements! Though, the website commonly refers to them as badges, it's all the same. It's a nice break from holding a controller, and gives me a reason to use my computer! (Other than guides and walkthroughs for Xbox 360 games!)

There are a few noticable differences when comparing gamerscore on Xbox to 'gamerscore' (or just 'score') on Kongregate. Your score can be raised by earning badges (duh), which give points based on difficulty (ranging from Easy - 5 Points, to Impossible - 60 Points), OR by rating a game, piece of artwork, midi file, referring a friend, or several other unorthodox methods. All in all, I don't care much about my score when comparing to others, simply because a lot of people have earned thousands and hundreds of thousands of points (or GS) by referring friends - thus, no reflection of their gaming skills and dedication. However, I do not refer friends for points. I will rate artwork and the occasional sound file if I'm in the mood, but my main addiction is collecting all of the badges, not trying to earn a specific score (1 million anyone?).

Be that as it may, since my last session of gaming on it, (there are no grand totals to view, unless you count them all yourself) I had earned more than 60% of all badges on the website. Since new badges are added practically every other day, and since it's been ages since I've played, I probably only own about 35-40%. Either way, I'll keep playing 'til they're all mine!

Yes, the measly 7,900 score seems so low when you put it into Gamerscore perspective, however, I dare you to sign-up on Kongregate and earn 8,000! Its not hard, it will just take some good effort! Either way, my user name on Kong is the same as my XBL GT- xgamehero. Shoot me a message, or join me in chat!

'Til next time!

Edit: I own 437 Badges, and there are 543 that I do NOT own.
980 Total badges. That's 44.5% completion! Haha..

Percentage Achieved

Progress: 58,380 G
Resolution: ???

Recently Accomplished:
100% Blue Dragon
100% Alone in the Dark
100/80% Toy Soldiers [XBLA] - See Below For More.

Wow, what a game. Blue Dragon was a rollercoaster of emotions for me. I don't really care for those kinds of TV shows anymore (Dragonball Z, etc) however despite being based off a child like TV show, and having a child-like appearance and atmosphere itself, the game is quite decent for an RPG. There are many elements that surprise me to be in such a childishly themed game. Definitely a good play for hardcore RPGer's, you may laugh at first but it's not half bad. Try collecting the 1,800+ 'Nothings' and do it all on Ultra Hard Mode! It'll test your mettle.

Five minutes ago saw the end of Alone in the Dark (again - I beat it on my old gamertag years ago). Thank goodness that relic is done. Just a few more games from my previous gamertag to complete and I'll have surpassed all of it's games! (Well, I'm way ahead of it now in GS terms, but it has games complete that my new one doesn't, and this doesn't make me happy!)

If you were confused about the %age on Toy Soldiers, thats because I recently triumph'd by completing the game by borrowing it from Faith's little brother. It only took a few days, few hours each day. It was really fun! But the price is steep, so I just beat it quickly to return her brothers gamertag to him. However! Before I could even really relax in my own victory, DLC was released and dropped my 100% to 80%! Argh! So, I'm vexed with buying DLC for an arcade game that I don't own, buying the whole game (1,200 MSP) AND the DLC (400 MSP), or trying to talk her brother into buying the DLC (Please Please!). Eitherway, now there are inconsistancies between my Xbox Live Account and TrueAchievements.

Note: The same thing happened with Family Game Night. Three new DLCs caused me to lose my completion, and I do not own the actual game nor any of the DLCs (Scrabble, Boggle, etc). So $30 for the last 3 DLCs is a bit pricey considering I don't like any of the three. Sigh! If you own the 3 DLCs, let me borrow your GT for a day or so! Hehe.

Total, that makes my Xbox Live account claim 52 completes, and TA claim 50 completes. Eitherway, I broke the 50 marker.

And the most EXCITING news! (Took forever to get this far, eh? considering this is why I titled this post) - 80% completion rate is finally mine! After months of watching it bounce from 76% to 78%, and back down to 74% then up to 79%, then back to 77%. I am very happy to see this, as I feel it is a new chapter in my gaming. From now on, this number will stay AT or ABOVE 80%! Now that I've reached it (which was a bit challenging), the trick now is to raise it up even more by a bit to ensure a new game will not drop it back into the 70's.

I believe the 80% is part 1 of my goal by August completed. Now I just need 1,700ish more GS, and a few more Resolutions, which, btw, I have not checked at all recently. I highly doubt I've earned any, so I'll update the progress on that later. Thanks for reading, see you again soon!

Oh, and, Happy Independence Day! And Happy Canada Day!