CHALLENGE UPDATES 
Challenge update - 7/21/2008
All the loose ends are tied up... the Gamerscore Challenge known as Fshguy's L'Alpe d'Huez Hors Category Challenge is over and the winner is wcp339 racking up a final total of 4,555 points in 7 days!
On the final day, the 34 challengers put up a total of 7870 points. Slim Pizza Boy added 1,370, Fshguy added 1,280, wcp339 added 1,040, Rand al Thor 19 added 1,000, Apple x360a added 745, dmd 23 added 460, Aldogg33 added 395, Frostbite added 260, Sludgeworth added 255, Pocrage added 250, U2MOFO added 140, Sajaa added 125, Misha LinGhan added 110, OnWithTheShow added 85, Arbalest270 added 75, AE 20 Diamonds added 50, bLiNd x RaGe added 45, MajinFro added 45, HorrorPastry added 40, avsfan4ever33 added 30, botafogo007 added 20, Nbag3 added 20, admiringworm added 15, JohnnyDrama814 added 10, and Big Will 1982 added 5. Yay for the winner and thanks to the other 33 gamers for giving it a shot.
Challenge update - 7/20/2008
Here is the news... wcp339 is the current leader by earning a whopping 1,080 points! FINISH THEM! (in my best mortal kombat voice) When you count it up, all 34 challengers gained 4720 points. wcp339 added 1,080, Fshguy added 690, HorrorPastry added 625, Phyrewall 1978 added 625, Apple x360a added 280, Aldogg33 added 160, Sajaa added 155, U2MOFO added 140, Jovano12 added 135, Frostbite added 135, Pocrage added 130, Misha LinGhan added 125, OnWithTheShow added 115, Nbag3 added 110, admiringworm added 55, botafogo007 added 50, dmd 23 added 40, AE 20 Diamonds added 40, avsfan4ever33 added 10, Slim Pizza Boy added 10, and Big Will 1982 added 10. So many games, so little time! Only one day left in the challenge. Who will reign supreme?
Challenge update - 7/19/2008
After a long day of gaming yesterday, here's where we ended up: wcp339 made it happen and is now in first place by earning 460 points. All 34 participants combined, they put up a total gain of 2770 points. Aldogg33 added 515, wcp339 added 460, Fshguy added 290, HorrorPastry added 165, botafogo007 added 140, Frostbite added 135, Arbalest270 added 130, Pocrage added 110, kaens added 110, dmd 23 added 100, Apple x360a added 90, bLiNd x RaGe added 85, Sajaa added 80, Slim Pizza Boy added 75, Misha LinGhan added 70, OnWithTheShow added 55, Phyrewall 1978 added 40, Sludgeworth added 30, Rand al Thor 19 added 30, U2MOFO added 25, AE 20 Diamonds added 20, JohnnyDrama814 added 10, and admiringworm added 5. If I were you, I would keep my eye on Aldogg33... Today's gain is only a hint of what is possible.
There are still 2 days left so anything can happen. Check back tomorrow for some hard-hitting challenge action!
Challenge update - 7/18/2008
The excitement continues. Don't believe me? Check it: Slim Pizza Boy made a push last night and comes out on top today by tacking on a jaw-dropping 1,160 points! Unstoppable!When you count it up, all 34 challengers gained 4525 points. Slim Pizza Boy added 1,160, Aldogg33 added 490, wcp339 added 415, Fshguy added 345, Apple x360a added 330, Frostbite added 260, Nbag3 added 235, U2MOFO added 225, dmd 23 added 175, HorrorPastry added 170, Pocrage added 155, Arbalest270 added 150, Sludgeworth added 90, Rand al Thor 19 added 65, Big Will 1982 added 55, AE 20 Diamonds added 50, bLiNd x RaGe added 35, Misha LinGhan added 30, botafogo007 added 25, admiringworm added 25, OnWithTheShow added 20, and avsfan4ever33 added 20. There are still 3 days left so anything can happen. That's it for today... time to go make the donuts.
Challenge update - 7/17/2008
After a long day of gaming yesterday, here's where we ended up: wcp339 is the current favorite by tacking on 525 points. Overall, the 34 total challengers put up a total of 4315 points, so at least people are competing! wcp339 added 525, Frostbite added 470, dmd 23 added 425, Apple x360a added 400, MajinFro added 390, Slim Pizza Boy added 360, bLiNd x RaGe added 280, Pocrage added 205, Rand al Thor 19 added 200, Nbag3 added 185, Fshguy added 180, Aldogg33 added 150, AE 20 Diamonds added 100, U2MOFO added 70, Vengeance73 added 60, HorrorPastry added 60, Misha LinGhan added 45, botafogo007 added 45, Phyrewall 1978 added 45, Big Will 1982 added 40, stash3630 added 30, JohnnyDrama814 added 30, and admiringworm added 20. There are 4 days left, so... yeah... plenty of time. The excitement continues tomorrow!
Challenge update - 7/16/2008
Lets look at the numbers from yesterday: wcp339 made it happen and is now in first place by earning 635 points. Overall, the 34 total challengers put up a total of 4545 points, so at least people are competing! bLiNd x RaGe added 920, Apple x360a added 750, wcp339 added 635, Slim Pizza Boy added 530, Sajaa added 220, Aldogg33 added 185, botafogo007 added 185, avsfan4ever33 added 165, Fshguy added 155, JohnnyDrama814 added 150, Pocrage added 115, AE 20 Diamonds added 100, Arbalest270 added 85, Misha LinGhan added 80, Vengeance73 added 50, admiringworm added 45, Big Will 1982 added 40, Nbag3 added 40, kaens added 25, OnWithTheShow added 25, MajinFro added 15, Jovano12 added 10, kyrlin added 10, and Rand al Thor 19 added 10. Obviously bLiNd x RaGe has been a scoring fiend. If wcp339 isn't careful, the lead might change!
There are still 5 days left so anything can happen. The excitement continues tomorrow!
Challenge update - 7/15/2008
Lets look at the numbers from yesterday: Nbag3 gave up the social life to get the lead by feeding on enough achievements for 480 points. Overall, the 34 total challengers put up a total of 2572 points, so at least people are competing! Nbag3 added 480, wcp339 added 400, Fshguy added 325, AE 20 Diamonds added 210, Sajaa added 200, botafogo007 added 185, JohnnyDrama814 added 125, Arbalest270 added 110, buckyfellini added 90, MajinFro added 75, admiringworm added 50, stash3630 added 50, Misha LinGhan added 47, Apple x360a added 40, HorrorPastry added 35, Slim Pizza Boy added 30, bLiNd x RaGe added 25, Aldogg33 added 20, Jovano12 added 20, Rand al Thor 19 added 20, dmd 23 added 20, and Big Will 1982 added 15. Everyone can take comfort in the fact that there are 6 days left to compete. It ain't over till it's over! That's it for today... time to go make the donuts.
Challenge update - 7/14/2008
Hold on tight! Here we go!! Fshguy has thrown down the gauntlet with an Old Spice Experience Challenge titled 'Fshguy's L'Alpe d'Huez Hors Category Challenge'... and 34 have answered the challenge. It is a pretty competitive group. It could really be anyones guess at who comes out on top. Next stop, the trash talk boards for some good-natured ribbing between competitors. Game on!
Congrats WCP!
When's the next one going to launch? *eyeballs Prince Caspian that really needs to go back to Gamefly soon*
lol nice win! good finish guys!
Thanks Slim! I had to bring out the Madden just to keep up with you and Fish! I think I got like 3 hours of sleep before I had to come into work...
Great win WCP!!!
WooHoo!! tenth... and i played through the whole of alone in the dark for this reward....
I think Wcp will win, but ya never know!!
OH come on, you really don't want to play that NBA Live 08... You were supposed to be tapped out on Live....
Of course 600 more points and you could win overall...
I don't know if I can compete with that!!!
Looks like I'll have to break out the NBA Prostreet....
What were you playing?
Lost??? I'm going to have to go back to playing something not so fun...
I hate madden!!!
I think I am going to lose!!! Wait I know it!!!
nice job fish make him earn it!
Crap, Fsh is catching up to me =P If I didn't have OCD and Top Spin wasn't still kicking my ass after 5 days straight....
Yeah...I did mention that... don't think I'll get it today... ;)
Hey fsh, didn't you say some where that for July you were going to try for 100k?
I think I just lost! I have to work all day tomorrow and I don't think I will have enough time in the day to play 1500 points to win!!!
If you need the rosters, go online to the locker and where it says enter gamer tag, put earosters com (include the space.) I have the same rosters on my file share, so if Aldogg33 is easier, do that. I do need the online game achievement and all my buddies don't want to play, so feel free to challenge me.
Dame!!! I am so loseing!!!
And now I'm done!! 30 retail completed titles!! Thanks Blind!!
I ended the first season with 745 pts. and the I finished my second with 1345!!
Well my "auto name" rosters Is a QB for Florida called C. Smith I am trying him now.........
Tim Tebow. :D
Thanks Blind I got it with Boise, now just TWO more!
You can sim w/ Boise state. I got it in 2 seasons. :D
Alright I have been trying TCU and winning every game, I guess I'll try Boise state.......
Make Boise states players 99's win every game and in 2 seasons you will have it. :)
1000 pts. Take Tim Tebow, sim the 2 seasons you have left and if the Gators do good you should get it if not rinse and repeat.
Hit stuck - You can use two controllers. Make the second team punt and have one of your players blitzing. When he gets the ball(punter) and hit stick him he will fumble eventually.
Hope that helps. :(
@ Blind - Bcs Conference Invite, 1000 pts. in Legend mode & that damn HIT STUCK!
Maybe I'll go for 5th...
Forget 12th....22nd is mine
woah they changed up the challenger badge! no more old spice sailing
Frostbite which ones?
I just got home! So that is a 12 hour day!!! Tomorrow is another busy day!!! Of course I work this weekend! No rest for the pizza industry!!!
Also I guess I am going to learn how to type better : "finsigh" wow thats not even close - how about "FINISH!"
Well you guys enjoy Rock Band.......I'm trying to finsigh NCAA '09 Only 3 more achievements left.....and they are all the time consuming ones!
ooo me too for rock band. i think it will be semi-partY ful
I'm going to busy mostly playing Rock Band, so would you kindly not score any points tonight? ;)
Fish
lol A note of sarcasm there, Fish? My mom has always hated hosting garage sales. I never liked it either, but I love going!
Sorry, Vengence, but I'm not going all the way to Canada for a garage sale. ;-)
yay!
who is captain hammer? is that a p*rn star? like camptain jack hammer? i don't get it.
i work this weekend .. i think i'm up to 30 straight days of work.
Garage sale, those are ALWAYS fun...
I ... don't have to work this weekend ... sure the wife wants us to have a garage sale ... but she can run that while I'm inside racking up the points ...
After all ... isn't that what Captain Hammer would do?
(do you see how I sneaked a little viral action in there? do yah? oh yeah ... when I grow up I wanna be just like Captain Hammer!)
Awww.... poor guy.. letting work get in the way...
Don't suppose you have to work this weekend do you Slim?
I gotta work today!! no all day gaming for me!!
I think as of right now I have a 105 point lead!!!
ssssshhh I am trying to be like a ninja and sneek on up there!
Don't worry the movie themes will be back... Didn't know so many people cared... :)
Sooo, what's slim up too???
Kaens: We can wait 'til Fshguy sees the movie, and then hope he gets some kind of title-worthy quotes from it. lol
Yeah on Dark Knight week too, wtf!
I miss the movie themed names =(
It's a Tour de France reference... L'Alpe d'Huez is a mountain climb in it. They categorize moutain/hill climbs in difficulty 4 to 1 and Hors Category, 4 being the easiest...
Wait until the Olympics and the rhythm dancing challenge...
It's a Tour de France reference... L'Alpe d'Huez is a mountain climb in it. They categorize moutain/hill climbs in difficulty 4 to 1 and Hors Category, 4 being the easiest...
Wait until the Olympics and the rhythm dancing challenge...
Meh, best as I can tell it's "beyond L'Alpe d'Huez", L'Alpe d'Huez being a mountain in the Alps.
So, um...anyone want to play some GH: Aerosmith with me this weekend? :) I need some co-op 'chievies....
So...what does this title mean, Fshguy? Me not know French. Hour or time...something?
Google here I come. >;-}
I decided ill get bully done as fast as possible, since ill get the same amount of enjoyment from game if i take my time or rush through. Got Mass effect today, bully probably coming later in the week
Bully = Easy 1k :)
Didn't think Bully was something you could rush??? I played it on the PS2... wish I knew that it was coming to 360... Guess they won't be making God of War for 360....
Gamefly sent out Mass Effect and bully, so dont expect any major gains from me for awhile...unless i decide to rush bully and get that done quick
Going to be interesting going into the weekend... nobody is taking control...
@Apple, so how many points are you going to dump on us?
you just need yourself for Live Draft Tracker, Nbag3.
hmm.. i might be within reach of 12th!
@majin
whats the min players you can start a draft with?
Oh lalaaaa.
Might have a chance, but only have a few games to milk. :/
@Blind - Yeah CSI was definitely pretty easy; after Big Game Hunter is done I'm going to probably start Oblivion or work on GH. Don't think I'll be racking up those big gains with those.
I am ******
Thats what I doing Majin :)
anyone that wants a quick 200 for 5 bucks should pick up that Live Draft Tracker on xbla. It takes a little over an hour to get the full points.
I played so much yesterday, and all I got was 5 something!! I am going to lose!! lol
ik :(
Oh, nevermind... wcp has a lot of options available...
Who's playing with CSI?
Ugh. I can't compete w/ CSI. :(
It's been a LONG time, but I think you should play (and win) the big Grand Slam tournaments to get your rank/cash up and do your training the rest of the time.
Yeah I'm not sure with what I'm doing wrong in the training sometimes. From a mechanics standpoint I mean. I ran out of money at the end of season 1 then had to sim like 6 weeks because I wasn't ranked high enough to get into any of the tournaments. So I think my career is messed up already.
yea. I trained mostly and played like 3 minors in year 1. Most of the time I spend is reloading because I keep failing the training or lose a match in a tournament which is quite often.
*2
Yeah I was messing around in that yesterday with the same results. Are you doing the thing where you train the first to years?
I haven't been this frustrated with a game since Madden 07. I just can't seem to get anywhere with Career mode on Top Spin 2.
just fair warning i have a 1K bomb this week. hoping to set it off before the weekend so i can get another badge but not sure if i'll get any time to myself before then.
@Majin - yeah, good times good times. Well for you! *sigh*
ah man I remember the time I bombed Kaens with some 2k6 fun. Good times.
@Stallion - Next one will start on Monday which will be between auto-challenges... so no excuses... will be glad to have you back...
Ohhhh yea.....i did do that.....uhhh, late night badge cravings make you do funny things.
i agree with fsh i'd much rather see it at the beginning then people know if you're serious or not.
When are you going to start the next one? I got caught up in another auto challenge that I dont want to be in.
@Big will ... was that the time you bombed me???
It's just me, but I'd rather see the avatars dropped at the beginning... No letting some poor sap play hard all week to lose it in the end... :)
I'm pleading.....No avatar bombs.....i'm still recovering from using avatar and jumper in 1 night....*shudders*
Only 500 points for the lead? I have consulted with the denizens of my kingdom ... and they have spoken in one voice ... that I should take the kingdom of 12th place and lead an assault on the higher kingdoms ...
VICTORY SHALL BE MINE!!! Mwa hah hah HAH!!!
WHAT ?!? released on a Friday?! that messes up my whole idea to take a week off work to play video games! now there is that darn weekend thing and it's not a big deal to take the week off cuz i'll have already played 3 days :/
Looking at the calendar, they usually do launches on Tuesday, but the Tuesday before is election day, the Tuesday after is Veteran's day... I can take off a Friday though...
@Slim - you seem distressed? 30 points getting you down?
looks like I will have to catch up today!!
Thor leading with 0 points? Ok?
Anyway GoW2 on a friday = best idea ever.
damn Top Spin 2 was harder than I thought.
I think I am screwed!
In thuth should be In Truth
Its Funny how a lot of Ps3 fanboys are extremely upset that Final Fantasy 13 is going to the 360 as well. In thuth....they are still getting it! why cry over it..Now if square said...FF13 only on x360 Then i can see why. ANyone see any announcements they're excited about?
It is just going to be crazy!! There is just too much stuff to take in right now!!!
What might be a Huge hit is that one game Your in the Movies....My Gf saw that and was VERY excited to hear about it
I don't know how I am supposed to game with E3!!! I can't keep my eyes off this stuff! GOW 2 Will be released November 7!!! My sig was right!
Lol I'm not gonna win I think :P
I've just have 700 GS from GH:A and now this begins jet 0.o :P
@Fish - yup, right now I'm on my rpgs again. I am playing the games I want to play.
Don't get me wrong, I still am working on my badges, which includes the jedi badge so even though I'd like to play NG2 and screw around with it I am not going to bc of my %.
@Majin - yeah I loved Banjo as well, I'm a big platform junkie too!
I am excited for the original Banjo coming to xbla.
Well, guess we won't see Kaens for a while then.
O_O FINAL FANTASY 13 JUST ANNOUNCED FOR 360.
I'm VERY surprised at that
Come on Apple... I want to see those points!!!
Good luck everyone! I was out of town last week and didn't have much chance to keep up with the competition, but I'm back home now and gunning for...oh, lets say 5th place just to be different.
Yea Unreal 3 is pretty cool.
Try out Unreal Tournament 3. I've been a UT player since the first UT, not Unreal which is the first game, and it runs smooooooth
Well, good news and bad news, good news is NCAA Football is out tomorrow, which is going to be easy points, bad news, NCAA Football is out tomorrow, and thats all I will be playing, that and Lego Indy I am getting from Game Fly.
good luck everyone!
@ apple - history channel like tv or there is a game?
I do hereby declare myself the KING of 12th place ... anyone who wishes to openly oppose me may do so through the registration of enough points so as to position themselves above me ...
Of course there are those of you who have been around long enough who know the truth ... I'm more like the jester of 32nd ... or the peon of 34th ...
Yay, this will be a fun week.
some 06 games, kung fu panda, blacksite, and some history channel.
Oh I will have fun!!! I have two options!! Beat F.E.A.R.... I hate the game or go cazy and get some points!!! Which one should I do!
GOOD LUCK!! But more important HAVE FUN!!!!!!!
Got this rolling... Good luck everybody....
Fish