The Gaming Diary: Chapter 3

[Izret101]

Patched/launched SW: Battlefront to collect the 4,444 credits for playing on Star Wars day.

Should be able to pass level 97 in Gems of War before i fall asleep. Still not even close on the mythic troop which is sad...
Hopefully i start getting crazy lucky with the treasure chests or next week has a legendary troop on sale and i can pull together enough glory to buy 6 of them (which is A LOT of glory...)

Also the Glory symbol on Gems of War reminds me of the P Wing. Pretty sure at one point it even had a G on it.
[img width=100 height=100]http://gow.mengmeizi.com/Images/Glory/Thumbnails/Glory_tn.jpg[/img]

[Boshamp]

Call of Duty: Black Ops (X360) - Started the last couple days with a couple easy and fast achievements for the start of the Leap Frog Competition on TA.com. Took care of the first 3 stages, (Even though the third is entirely a backstory cutscene), and will work on finishing the fourth today before taking a break from it to get more difficult achievements to stay in the competition longer.

[Izret101]

I just found out Tynstar snuck* past me in completed games. He is sitting at 645 to my 637 (He also had a several year head start... He will counter with i was a jobless bum for a year or so...)
This makes me very sad.

Should hit level 100 in Gems of War tonight. More likely tomorrow before work. Once that happens i'll be focusing on knocking out a bunch of games in my back log to reclaim my throne.


*According to spellcheck snuck is not a word. According to spellcheck spellcheck is a word tho....

[Boshamp]

Those time consuming grinds are the biggest thing I can think of that would allow him to do it. Going back in the months and looking at our stats shows he has been knocking out tons of quick games while you were grinding Mortal Kombat X, World of Tanks, Project Spark, Gems of War, Titanfall, Roblox, and definitely Blacklight: Tango Down. Get to working on that backlog, Iz! Or don't...my little brother is only a few thousand GS ahead of me...then my sights turn to mr. Shadow Kisuragi...but since his focus is exclusively on the Windows Phone...I could work past him pretty quickly towards the end of the year, then you are next in line.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Don't underestimate me (too much). My college work should stop by the end of the year. Then again, I've been completely dissuaded from anything gaming, which is why I focus on my phone.

[Izret101]

Underestimate him all you want. I think he was the first person i passed.
He's only put up 100k in 6 years.

You are going to have to have at least 1 100k year if you are going to touch me

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Oh, I meant for boshamp. But, yeah... not that I can't put up the numbers, quite honestly. I can put up 150k in a year. I literally have not sat down at a console for more than an hour since Christmas.

[Boshamp]

But I just got my XBOne (even though the power brick never came on and I am already having to start with the replacement process)...and have only been focusing on my backlog and completion percentages. I have around 450 X360 titles now, and around 75 on the One with GwG...so I definitely could make a decent run considering I have a lot more at my disposal. I probably won't this year since my goals are for catching up on my own backlog, but since you guys have already beaten a lot of the super quick titles for easy points and I haven't, at the very least, closing the gap can definitely happen quickly.

[Izret101]

Finished Bejeweled 2 AND Gems of War!

Killing some time with DigDug on the One before work. Might actually finish that too...

[Pam]

Lately I've been interested in games that I can play on my laptop while I watch terrible tv shows. I finished Defender's Quest, which is a fun tower defense game with some RPG elements. I tried Crusader Kings 2 but the UI and tutorial were both really bad and I was not willing to put in the time to learn how to play. So now I'm back on XCOM 2, doing my first Ironman playthrough.  Soldiers being knocked unconscious on missions where an evac is needed are the bane of my existence.

If anyone has suggestions for more PC games that are turn-based or at least don't require constant attention, I'd love to hear them.

[ReddMcKnight]

Started Megatagmension for the Vita, which just came out today. It feels a bit more...restricted than Hyperdimension U, but I'll keep playing and we'll see what happens. I love these games.

[techwizard]

Lately I've been interested in games that I can play on my laptop while I watch terrible tv shows. I finished Defender's Quest, which is a fun tower defense game with some RPG elements. I tried Crusader Kings 2 but the UI and tutorial were both really bad and I was not willing to put in the time to learn how to play. So now I'm back on XCOM 2, doing my first Ironman playthrough.  Soldiers being knocked unconscious on missions where an evac is needed are the bane of my existence.

If anyone has suggestions for more PC games that are turn-based or at least don't require constant attention, I'd love to hear them.

civilization series is an obvious choice

[Izret101]

Finished Briquid Mini (WP), The Jackbox Party Pack (360) and Dig Dug (One)

[Boshamp]

Pulled away pretty quickly and on your way to the top of the Massachusetts leaderboard. Keep it up!

[Izret101]

I need to double the TA i have (and i think GS) to move from 2nd to 1st in MA
I'll likely hit #2 in Games Played for MA soon. Hell i could take number one in no time if i wanted to...
Closing in on top 15 overall for GS in puzzle games.
4 more WP completions will give me 1st in WP in MA. Just shy of 15th for WP score overall.

Working my way back to top 50 overall for completed games. This and the Under 500 (Formerly the XBLA leaderboard where i am 5th overall) are the two that i chased the most.
Card and Board, Puzzle, Visual Novel and "Special" being other boards i chased.


Putting a little time into Tetriminos. It is basically an easier version of Tetris with some scoring and piece variations. I like it. I'll probably wrap it up soon while fighting the urge to pick up more gem matching games... Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign (and the 360 version) are what i have my eyes on but i'm REALLY trying to hold out for a sale. I'll likely succeed.