300 Club

*Mini Update*

xgamehero won the 300 Club achievement in RocketBowl for 99 points

Ahh! Yes, I finally joined the 300 Club on Rocketbowl [XBLA]! After I finished the main story (If you wish to call it that), I tried my best to work on methods to achieve this task of bowling a perfect game - to no avail. Now, several months after passing by Rocketbowl in my Arcade screen with angst and dread, I owned up to the challenge with general malaise. I wasn't even paying attention for the first 8 strikes! Faith and I were chatting back and forth, and I had just woken up and decided 'Hey, I feel like throwing some balls around'. And so I believe my 1st or 2nd try of just casually bowling, I did it. Things got serious and set in during my 9th frame, when I realized that this unbelievably could be my 300 game. I tried not to let the shakes and anxiety set in, and bam! I was also so excited that I left the screen claiming me a 'Member of the 300 Club' up for nearly 30 minutes until I finally snapped a picture, and exited out.

A glorious moment, it was. I now encourage Faith to try her hardest - or rather just relax! - and nail the 300 we both know she can earn!

70,000

Progress: 70,000 G

Recently Accomplished:
100% Crazy Taxi [XBLA]
100% Harm's Way [XBLA]
100% A World of Keflings [XBLA]

First; New games acquired include Fable 3, Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, Dead Rising 2, Family Game Night 3, Sims 3, Lost Planet 2 - and for XBLA - Crazy Taxi, A World of Keflings, Sonic Adventure DX, Harm's Way, and Crash Course. (The last two are free games, but still count!).

Also, new games that I've started (but don't actually own) include Call of Duty: Black Ops. About two thirds the way through the campaign, and it's an amazing story. Then again, Treyarch has always impressed. Fable 3 is sitting at 900 gamerscore, nearly complete. Nothing left but collecting all the legendary weapons, and clothing, then marry some peoples and two odd end achievements. Harm's Way was by far the fastest game complete I've experienced that actually had diverse achievements. Although it was quick, it was a hell of a lot of fun - I'll be playing it for kicks here and there!

To continue, Crash Course is nearly complete - just have to gold star a few levels. It, too, was a blast. Haven't made much progress in FFXI, however Faith and I are soon restarting out Chocobos - more on this on the FFXI page. Dead Rising 2 is as fun as I thought it would be, however I'm not much in the mood at the moment for it, therefore I've only really just started it. A World of Keflings could not have come sooner, and within two days of getting it, Faith and I beat the whole story. Sad :(. But it was a well earned victory, we waited forever for that damn game to be released!

Approaching current era...I've been locked into Sims 3 for the past few days - it's so addicting! I'm upset that all the crazy expansions aren't avaliable on console version (I counted 5 add-ons at wal-mart last night!). Going to be working on it for a while too. That, and probably going to start Lost Planet.

I love landing on solid even numbers. I especially love landing on solid, even numbers that start with my favorite number. 70,000. Woohoo! It's a little late for my goal, but at least I achieved it!

Now, the depressing news. 38 achievements still remain on my ToDo/Resolution list. I utterly failed, with only a 72% completion rate for last year. (completion of resolution, not overall completion percentage.) Sigh. Where to go from here? I feel I might rework the list, top it off with 72 new achievements and try again. If I do, the list will be compiled over the coming week and posted here. Hopefully, things will happen.

My other new year's resolution is to reach 100,000 G by December 31st, 2011. I feel this is highly achievable, and no-sweat.

I'm sure there are things I left out, that's why the Internet Gods created editting and 'new post' feature. See you then!

Huzzah 70,000!

Graduation

Progress: 66,620 G
Resolution: 62%

xgamehero won the Support Job achievement in Final Fantasy XI for 5 points.

It speaks for itself. No, it is not a hard achievement, but it is a great milestone. This achievement marks the true beginning to FFXI for me. I am now and forever bound to this game, and I must complete it. No turning back!

Change of topics, Curtis (The Real Tizz / Tizz) had his Basic Training Graduation ceremony two days ago, which Faith and I attended. It was a fun day, as we got to see and talk, and hang out with our best friend all day. I'm sad though, because he's off to AIT for the next 3 months. Good times were had. We miss you!

Gaming status as of lately has only been Forza 2 and FFXI; I haven't really felt compelled to do much else considering we had to travel and everything. I'll pickup some resolution ach's soon, though. As of 30 minutes ago, Faith ordered some holiday presents - presumably off of Amazon.com. I'll be guessing until the 25th of December, although I have a strong feeling of what it -might- be.

At any rate, little progress has been made. Good news is, now that FFXI is solidified on my TA account, I can see accurate stats - Still above 80% completion, though only barely. Lots more Forza 2 and FFXI.

Update: Just got a call from Curtis - Thank god I wont have to communicate via written letters anymore, he can now use internet/phone in his spare time! Woohoo!

Back to Forza & Law and Order: SVU!

Final Fantasy XI: Introduction

*Mini-Update*

I started Final Fantasy XI the other day, and I created a page to specifically track my progress - at the top of this page, click "Final Fantasy XI" to view it! It won't be very interesting as of right now, but it's definitely a start. I created a separate page specifically for FFXI because I honestly think posting my progress here will flood this section. More info can be found on the FFXI page.

As for now, FFXI will be consuming majority of my gaming time. However, I am still working on the resolution, and other games as well (Forza Motorsport 2 is among them). I'm also getting an urge to hop back onto Kongregate; so there will be much activity in the coming days/weeks. Expect a full update before Nov. 4th, and hopefully some interesting news/info.

Much to come!

Trick & Treat

Progress: 66,500 G
Resolution: 62%

Recently Accomplished:
100% Costume Quest [XBLA]

Boo! It's that time of year, where things get a little scary - and perhaps a little tasty! Since my last post, I've been on an epic adventure to obtain two games; Costume Quest and Final Fantasy XI. I'll detail the journey below...

Final Fantasy XI, being one of the only two MMORPGS for the Xbox 360, excited me. Although I had given thought to it in the past, a sudden urge to play it hit me one day. And the urge was fierce. Bad enough that I was reduced to mere begging and pleading with Faith to agree to order us two copies. After waiting nearly a week, the order was placed Oct. 18th, and arrived today (Oct. 26th). After nearly 6 hours of sign-ups, registrations, installs, and downloads, around 5 pm I was logged into the world of Vana'diel. Although the graphics could use a makeover (I know, the game was made back in like 1760) it seems very indepth, and will assuredly take me many months to even grasp the concept of earning an achievement. I think the sheer amount of work and effort involved in earning all the achievements is what drastically attracted me to the game. That, and the fact that it's something Faith and I could both play and (more than likely) enjoy.

Costume Quest. I heard about this game a month or so ago, and I completely forgot about it until I had signed up for Bing Rewards Preview, and subsequently received 400 free Microsoft Points. On the hunt for a new game, I stumbled across it. After spending like 3 hours playing the trial (longer than I've spent on full arcade games, or even retail games), I decided that I could not live without it. It's cute, fun, and exciting. So I struggled to get more MSP from the Bing Rewards program, and finally I achieved the 1,200 MSP price-point yesterday. Sadly, I finished the game just moments ago. Short lived, but well, well worth it.

In other news, I started Forza Motorsport 2 recently. This is another game I had been anticipating playing (I've had it for several months now - shame on me?). It's fun, and I haven't played a racing game in a while so, woohoo. Also started Banjo Kazooie (thanks Curtis!) - ahh the nostalgia. I'm almost finished with it as well. But I am enjoying every savory minute of it. Can't beat the classics.

Last item on the list...or rather, two items...

-Level 30 from Phantasy Star 2
-Big in Japan from Rock Band

That lands me at a cool 62/100, with 38 items to go. I realized the 80 games complete goal will probably be a bit hefty, especially since I just got FFXI. I may reduce the goals down to a "70" theme; 70 completed games, 70k GS, 70/100 resolutions, etc. But it'll for-sure stay at 80% completion regardless. We'll see what happens!

Until next time - Happy Halloween!

Note: Boo!

Slayer

Progress: 66,090 G
Resolution: 60%

Recently Accomplished:
100% Two Worlds
100% Phantasy Star Universe
100% Assault Heroes [XBLA]

Let me start off by catching up. The past few days have been filled with boosting and gaming. I've boosted Resident Evil 5 Versus wins, Castle Crasher's Arena wins, and Shadowrun. More boosting to come in the near future too.

Assault Heroes last achievement was making me worried, because it sounded so daunting; Beat all underground zones (4 total) without dying once. That basically means beat nearly the entire game, and do not die in the underground zones. Sounded tough, turns out I got it on the first try. Just took some patience and skill.

Phantasy Star Universe was quite a fun RPG, especially to play online in it's MMORPG mode. I completed the online portion of ach's back in August, and I felt like wrapping up the single-player campaign this morning, and so I did. Fun game but rather short.

Lastly, Two Worlds was a rollercoaster for me. It's such an Oblivion rip-off that I couldn't help but love it, yet the amount of bugs, freezing, glitchiness and overall lackluster gameplay really made it troublesome at times. Overall I enjoyed it, and I wouldn't mind doing it again. However, it certainly had plenty of room for improvement.

-Lair Slayer from Assault Heroes
-Dulk Fakis 2 Slayer from Phantasy Star Universe

That leaves me with 40 achievements, 17 completions, and a little under 4,000 G to earn by New Years. I feel a strong urge to wrap up Lego Star Wars: TCS and Prey soon, maybe I'll finally get around to that.

True Six Digits

Progress: 65,395 G
Resolution: 58%

Recently Accomplished:
100,000 TA



Amazing, isn't it? Sad that it won't last forever, even if I quit earning achievements. This is a very proud moment for me, because I did minimal planning to get this exact number. It's so pretty!

I didn't finish my goals for Oct 10th, and I probably wont for a bit. I know, I know. Anyway, I'm still proud. I've nearly completed Two Worlds over the past 2-3 days, though! It's been pretty fun considering how bad it can be at times. Which brings me to this:

-Defeated The Grand Enemy from Two Worlds

Inching my way through the list, 42 solid ach's to go. An update on the other New Years goals;

81.67% Completion out of 80%.
60 Completed Games out of 80.
34.2% towards 70,000 G - only 11.11% time has progressed. (79 days left, 4605 G left; average of 58.3 G a day.)

Woohoo! More to come.