CHALLENGE UPDATES 
Challenge update - 5/6/2008
The Old Spice Experience Challenge titled Puzzle Quest up for Grabs is over... and SparkyMP has been proclaimed the winner... However don't get too comfortable... we just found out the princess is in another castle... err... wait... wrong challenge.
All 28 participants combined on the final day, they put up a total gain of 3700 points. SparkyMP added 1,865, General Tynstar added 560, cluskevird added 430, tandor69 added 160, FragEmAndSmile added 130, Seng IV added 100, MarvzMitts added 80, Z thirteen07 added 80, lambshot23 added 70, Tek Jansen NIN added 70, bergie007 added 50, ZeroDesolation added 30, Crash McCloud added 25, danielsw added 20, Major Flankage added 15, Bill Mcdougal added 10, and SoupyC added 5. A special congrats and thanks to the 27 other competitors.
Challenge update - 5/5/2008
Where are we at? SparkyMP is the current leader by tacking on 625 points. All 28 participants combined, they put up a total gain of 2652 points. SparkyMP added 625, Hotdogmcgee added 520, General Tynstar added 455, Seng IV added 317, FragEmAndSmile added 220, Col Hartman added 110, Z thirteen07 added 70, One Crazy Idiot added 50, Tek Jansen NIN added 50, I Yoboda I added 45, ZeroDesolation added 40, tiagox added 40, SoupyC added 35, Bill Mcdougal added 25, ElektrikGuitar added 20, cluskevird added 15, and Major Flankage added 15. The past few days have been an achievement-earning festival and tomorrow we'll see a winner.
Challenge update - 5/4/2008
Another day, another long list of achievement points. Let's add it all up! SparkyMP is the current leader by sucking out 220 points. All 28 participants combined, they put up a total gain of 2766 points. General Tynstar added 995, tiagox added 296, Major Flankage added 245, I Yoboda I added 245, Seng IV added 245, Hotdogmcgee added 245, SparkyMP added 220, Crash McCloud added 50, FragEmAndSmile added 45, One Crazy Idiot added 40, SoupyC added 30, ZeroDesolation added 25, Shaune Drake added 25, lambshot23 added 15, Firecracker92 added 15, Bill Mcdougal added 15, Z thirteen07 added 10, and danielsw added 5. If I were you, I would keep my eye on General Tynstar... Today's gain is only a hint of what is possible.
There are still 2 days left so anything can happen. That's it for today... time to go make the donuts.
Challenge update - 5/3/2008
Fresh off the internets: SparkyMP is making the lead look good by gaining 80 points. Overall, the 28 total challengers put up a total of 4040 points, so at least people are competing! General Tynstar added 1,415, Major Flankage added 490, disbron added 485, tiagox added 480, Seng IV added 245, Hotdogmcgee added 195, Col Hartman added 180, I Yoboda I added 105, SparkyMP added 80, FragEmAndSmile added 75, Tek Jansen NIN added 70, SoupyC added 65, lambshot23 added 55, MarvzMitts added 30, Bill Mcdougal added 30, One Crazy Idiot added 20, Crash McCloud added 15, and Z thirteen07 added 5. So for the record... Great googly moogly!!! General Tynstar's is a machine eh? Watch your back people!
Don't freak out... plenty of time left! 3 whole days! Check back tomorrow for some hard-hitting challenge action!
Challenge update - 5/2/2008
Fresh off the internets: SparkyMP is the current leader by sucking out 90 points. When you count it up, all 28 challengers gained 2260 points. General Tynstar added 780, tiagox added 355, Major Flankage added 320, Hotdogmcgee added 145, disbron added 130, SparkyMP added 90, Syndelin added 90, Z thirteen07 added 75, FragEmAndSmile added 70, MarvzMitts added 40, Shaune Drake added 40, Seng IV added 40, I Yoboda I added 25, Bill Mcdougal added 25, lambshot23 added 20, One Crazy Idiot added 10, and bergie007 added 5. General Tynstar is definitely on the move with that score increase... you better be watching your backs...
There are still 4 days left so anything can happen. The excitement continues tomorrow!
Challenge update - 5/1/2008
The excitement continues. Don't believe me? Check it: SparkyMP gave up the social life to get the lead by tacking on 300 points. When you count it up, all 28 challengers gained 4225 points. Tek Jansen NIN added 2,120, gk lazy dog added 650, I Yoboda I added 325, SparkyMP added 300, Bill Mcdougal added 270, MarvzMitts added 125, disbron added 75, tiagox added 65, Major Flankage added 50, ZeroDesolation added 30, cluskevird added 30, FragEmAndSmile added 30, ElektrikGuitar added 30, Z thirteen07 added 30, SoupyC added 25, Col Hartman added 25, Shaune Drake added 15, tandor69 added 10, Seng IV added 10, lambshot23 added 5, and Crash McCloud added 5. Obviously Tek Jansen NIN has been a scoring fiend. If SparkyMP isn't careful, the lead might change!
Everyone can take comfort in the fact that there are 5 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 - 4/30/2008
Fresh off the internets: SparkyMP is in the lead by putting up an amazing 2,645 points! That's how you win challenges, people! FOCUS! All 28 participants combined, they put up a total gain of 4372 points. SparkyMP added 2,645, Hotdogmcgee added 325, Tek Jansen NIN added 250, Bill Mcdougal added 195, tiagox added 155, disbron added 130, FragEmAndSmile added 125, tandor69 added 85, Seng IV added 75, MarvzMitts added 55, ZeroDesolation added 45, Crash McCloud added 45, danielsw added 45, cluskevird added 40, lambshot23 added 30, I Yoboda I added 27, SoupyC added 20, General Tynstar added 20, bergie007 added 20, Major Flankage added 20, Col Hartman added 15, and Shaune Drake added 5. Don't freak out... plenty of time left! 6 whole days! That's it for today... time to go make the donuts.
Challenge update - 4/29/2008
Hold on tight! Here we go!! The Old Spice Experience Challenge known as 'Puzzle Quest up for Grabs' is in action with 28 people duking it out. Look for a variety of games to be played. Every achievement counts! Check back tomorrow to find out who the first leader will be...
enjoy the game Sparky and you did not make me mad at all. BTW I never called you a cheat, re-read my post. All I said was I was getting tired of people winning off easy games. I never singled you out or called you anything. Dont take it personal, next time I'm joining challeneges where wasy games arent allowed just like you suggested.
And thank you ElektrikGuitar. I'm sure I will enjoy it. And thank you everyone who competed.
A 360. Why dont you actually take a peak at how much I won by. Stop being ignorant. I didnt win by playing avatar. Thant was just overkill to make col hartman mad. Without avatar i still had an extra 600.
aVATAR ftl!
Congrats, Sparky. Enjoy Puzzle Quest. :)
Congrats SparkyMP!!! You are a WINNER!!!
and you're infected as well. 8P
Awesome challenge and thanks to everyone who played. I'm happy I didn't come in last. 8P
Sparky, do me a favor and send me an email from here: http://www.360voice.com/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=1404
I'll email you the code as soon as I get home this afternoon.
Thanks guys.
Congrates Sparky, You said you'd win and you did. Great job. General your still the Achievement Machine!
congrats on the win Sparky
Yes they are supposed to be fun but when someone is calling you a cheat for playing easy games its not right. This was an anything-goes challenge and thats what I did. I appreciate you giving me a run for it though. That was fun. First tek then you. whooo. Good game. I hope we can compete again soon. Such as in my own 3 day viral I will host once again.
Wait he made you mad but I got messed up. how does that work. LOL Also these are supposed to be fun not to make people mad.
It was a good challenge. And I thank you for the effort you put in. I only played the game because of col hartman. He irritated me so I figured I would do the worst thing possible to make him mad. It was a good challenge though. I hope everyone still had fun playing there games.
Avatar with 1 hour left you win. I am glad you did it now so i can stop playing. LOL Good challenge.
well if you are tired of it then dont compete or make a challenge where nobody is allowed to play those games. Dont complain about it though.
a bunch of 2K6 games that take 20 minutes to get 1000 gs in.
Go General woot! Win it dude, tired of seeing people win with a binch of easy 2k games.
Wow. this is the first challenge i have ever been in where everyone at least gained some amount of points.
This is the most competitive challenge I ever participated... oh wait... its the only one.
Yeah I am going to win this for sure...
I dont know about 10 points but you are definitely too close for comfort.
I am 10 points behind Sparky right now.
Go General, w00t! :D
well my whole day fell apart. I went over to a friends house to pick up some games to play and I come to find out that all his games are gone. He has no idea where they went. So there goes all the rest of the super easy games to play. Now I actually have to play the games I have that I dont want to play.
looks like I will hold the fourth place one more day
I don't know about that, Zero... I still got a long way to go to catch up to you. (long for someone with few points left in their games) :P
considering GRAW2 glitched on me and I've played it for the past 3 days with nada on achievements. everyone should beat me by the end of this.
Well the games I bought are not as easy as I thought they would be. Spolinter Cell DA takes a lot of time to get 1000 in.
Actually my league playoffs are on now.
Well it looks like the general got bored with life yesterday and threw down some major points. Way to go.
Attempt #1 at the Expert endless setlist ended in failure.
Aw man, that sucks. FREE GAME FREE GAME!! GO GET IT!!! :P
Col Hartman, how come you aren't putting up much points? Start playin those easy games!
Hey guys, I think I'm pretty much out of this challenge. My nephew has a ton of easy games that I could borrow, but I really am sick of playing bad games for points. I'm going to finish up Mass Effect and probably start Bully, but don't expect me to challenge for the lead anymore. Good Luck.
You're talking to somebody who REALLY can't afford new games. ;) I'm an 18 year old student, I have other expenses too. And I'm in Canada, so no GameFly for me.
I do have GTA IV coming in the mail though... eventually...
yeah i see your point. I actually have about 35 360 games. I just havent even begun to get into them yet. Well I think that you need to go out and get some more games. I have actually been thinking about signing up for gamefly.
Well, Sparky, you have what... 9 or 10 new games sitting on your shelf? I don't have any. I have a total of 4 Xbox 360 games... the rest are arcades. Don't be so sad. ;)
Well I wish that I could afford 12 games :(
I dont think I'm going to be gaining very many points tonight either. I'm hosting another boosting session tonight for r6v2. But today was my friday so I have all weekend to gain points.
hmm....buying a bunch of games to win a $10 arcade game.....that's so evil it just might work!
I just plan on staying ahead of Zero. Gonna try the Endless setlist on Rock Band tonight on Expert.
I just went to gamestop and bought 12 easy 1000 point games so bring on the red bull!
Unfortunatley, I'm hitting L.A on vaca to visit my sister with my wife, so I'll out until sunday. Might be able to recover my gamertag on my sis 360 this weekend and get a ocuple arcade titles, but not much more than that :(
Looks like the competition for the 3rd place is going to be as fierce as the one for the 1st place.
Why does everyone think there are rules for which games you can play?
Is avatar allowed? Must resist renting that POS game.
Well thank you for the challenge. I have never really been challenged like this since I joined this site. Just remember that I will do what it takes to win. I still have avatar to play....
Thanks, I intended to just chill out and finish up Mass Effect and Bioshock but when I saw him put up so many points I decided to make it a challenge. Good luck guys!
This is too funny. Played a little 'Surfs up' last night from a rental, and believe it or not I enjoyed it. There is a too funny arcade about this exact thing! http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/6/13/
I actually got points! My first achievement in almost 3 weeks! lol
wow! Go Tek!
Making this a challenge for sure. Woo Hoo!!!
Seng IV: you can not drop a challenge once you are in it. You have to stay until it's over.
Can I drop the challenge? I see I am not going to win and need to get into another challenge.
I'm loosing my lead fast. Way to make this a real challenge Tek. I'll bounce back later on this week. Tomorrow i'm booked, so another small gain coming tomorrow.
Well I ended up having to work late so I just lost some good gaming time. Plus I am hosting a boosting session tonight in R6V2. So I wont be gaining that many points today. Anyone is more than welcome to join my boosting session if they want to. Have fun everyone.
can I still join and is Avatar or NBA 2K6 allowed?
I'm leaving work early and stopping by the rental store to pick up some games. Plus tomorrow is Labor Day here in Brazil so I expect to turn in some healthy GS! Is it Labor day in the USA as well? I hope not.....
Great Job Sparky and Tek, Way to rack up the points. Hey Soupy of got a total of 10 games on my self that I haven't played yet either. but I'm more of a completion person. So until I get to a point in the game where I think I'll be stuck at for awhile. I won't move on, right now I'll be playing American Idol and MUA tell then.
Why is it whenever I am in a challenge people go crazy?
The reason I have new games is that I get them as gifts and things like that. My birthday just past about 2 weeks ago so I was able to gain about 6 games. The others are games that I have had for months that I never play. I always seem to get sidetracked by another awesome game.
Holy Cow! Wasn't expecting that big of a point gain. Go Tek Jansen NIN and SparkyMP.
Everyone else is on que with where I thought this challenge would go. haha
At least I didn't come in last starting out. YEAH!!
I'm on the GTA IV side as well. I doubt much else will be played. I even have 2 easy rentals coming my way (should be there today) but I won't want to play them with GTA IV being in my possession, lol! I might just break them out...or else keep them for a LONG time, lol!
Also, Sparky, I hope this doesn't offend but I find it really funny when you say "I can't afford games" followed by "I have about 9 or 10 new games sitting on my shelf" lol...work that one out! =P
Well I said I want to win. This is only the beginning. I dont really want to play too many more games but I will if I have to. If I didnt have to work throughout the week I would have gained more today.
Darn. Someone is being really serious and racking up grands. Looks like I'll just have to continue my GTA stuff.
I just got 5 points in GTA IV - woot!
Bring it on. I still have a stack of easy games sitting here. I'm up 1000 already with another 1000 on the way.
Okay since we can play King Kong. Expect mine to jump up at least 2K.
Well here comes the lightning. I plan on putting up about 1500 gs here in the next few hours. Goodluck on the challenge everyone. And I also need the undertow stuff. I will be more than willing to play. Probably not while this challenge is going though. I need to win.
@ Seng - I think you can play whatever games you want to play.
ditto on undertow. i have none of the MP achievements. i'm on EST.
Hotdogmcgee, I need help with Undertow as well... I will be on about 10 pm Brazil time (GMT-6). I don't speak english as well as I write though...
Is King Kong not allowed? What games are not allowed in this comp.?
and Bill is on the move. 8)
I have a nice stack of games too but I don't think I'll be breaking them out. 8)
Good luck everyone, I've got a nice stack of games to play through :D
hotdog: i asked someone about that and they replied on my blog about it with in the last few days. they might could hook up with you.
ok, gotta get an achievement tonight. gotta get at least 1. 8)
So I guess the first day before any scores get put up is the only time I'll be at the top of the list.
I did just get in NBA Ballers:Chosen one. If anyone wants to trade online achievements, let me know please. Beyond that, with no arcade releases this week, I've got nothing else to put up any points with.
Also looking for help with Undertow if you've got it.
alright, i won't be last on the first day. woo hoo!!
Currently in 3rd...time to step it up....
Wow, we've got some big time players in this. I'll be watching the General - AKA "The Achievement Machine" and a few others. Good Luck GK Lazy Dog. I've got you as my dark horse. [;)]
What is everybody's goal for this in gamerscore? 1K, 2K?
This should be fun. I will be doing all my scoring between Thursday and Sunday.
Sounds like we have a challenge, but earlier on, just to let you know I wasn't offended, just kidding with you.
Well for the way it looks, most people will be playing GTA4 rather than trying to win this. I however really want this game and I fully intend to do what it takes to win.
@ ElektrikGuitar
Don't sweat it! I'll be down there with you on the bottom of the list because I doubt seriously I'm getting much gaming in. . . maybe the weekend I can play a bit, but I'm concentrating on RPG games lately. . .
:p
Sorry to hear you're depressed though - maybe things will pick up for you sooner than expected.
Well I am sure I won't put up to much, as I will probably be playing nothing but GTA IV for a while. Going to a midnight release! Woot!
I expect a few K's to go up. It's all for fun whether you win or not. I don't have the time to put up the K's with the games I'm playing right now. I'm still gonna try though. Maybe I'll get genocide in Dead Rising sooner than later and I can start really knocking out some achievements in it. 8)
Good Luck to everyone and just enjoy your games whether you win this or not.
@ gk lazy dog - Well if you're going to put up a "measly" 2k, then my original plan of renting a couple games would have been pointless anyway. I wouldn't spend more than $10 (which equals 2 rentals for 1 day each here) to win a challenge...
I fully plan on losing this - I'm going to be not by my xbox friday to sunday (visiting sis in L.A.), but I think i'm going to put up a measly 2K, got a couple cheese games from my gamefly-like renter sitting in my mailbox.
I'm actually just happy to be in a big challenge finally with some of the people from around this site I dig. :)
Well I plan on fully competing in this. I cant afford games so stuff like this is my only chance at getting more games. I have about 9 or 10 new games sitting on my shelf that I have been saving.
Wow, sorry I offended you. :|
Oh come on stop with the poor me banter, just play the games you only have a few hours to evaluate your game plan. I'm ready, bring it.
lol, no seriously, I'm actually feeling depressed right now... thanks for the laugh though. :P
To interpret ElektrikGuitar's post:
"Hold onto your pants, because now that no one is expecting me to do much, I'm going to pull a fast one on all of you".
=P
I was actually gonna drop out of this because I no longer have any motivation to even play the few games I have, let alone go out and rent a few. It's been about 16 days since I got my last achievement, and by the end of this challenge, that'll probably be 23 days. ;)
Good luck, everyone.