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The Great [Backlog] Challenge! (OLD THREAD)

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  • travathiantravathian Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Reading this thread is almost depressing. On top of thinking about my own backlog, I keep seeing games that I don't even own but really want to play now!

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  • PookiepooPookiepoo Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    travathian wrote: »
    Reading this thread is almost depressing. On top of thinking about my own backlog, I keep seeing games that I don't even own but really want to play now!
    I completely agree! The upside of that is that most of those games on people's backlogs are dirt cheap now.

    I try to play most non- A+ titles that I am interested in about a year late, that way I can purchase them for ~$20. It is better than buying them all for $60 and then playing them a year later.

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  • SlagmireSlagmire Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Pookiepoo wrote: »
    travathian wrote: »
    Reading this thread is almost depressing. On top of thinking about my own backlog, I keep seeing games that I don't even own but really want to play now!
    I completely agree! The upside of that is that most of those games on people's backlogs are dirt cheap now.

    I try to play most non- A+ titles that I am interested in about a year late, that way I can purchase them for ~$20. It is better than buying them all for $60 and then playing them a year later.

    lol - but the point is that most of us own these games in our backlog :)

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    If anyone's been reading the Elder Scrolls thread, they saw me doing my duty for my backlog, finishing up Morrowind with both expansions. It now feels like the way ahead of me is clear with that done, it took me like 4 months.

    I'm gonna try to update my Backloggery account with everything I need to finish, there's a bunch. I could make a decent sized list just of ADVENTURE games. Hell, I'll make that list now:

    Wallace and Gromit: all 4 episodes unfinished
    Tales of Monkey Island: 3 unfinished, later ones as they come out
    The Dig
    Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis
    Been There, Dan That
    Time Gentlemen, Please
    Myst 4
    Myst 5
    King's Quest Collection (I've beaten 6, other than that, all of them)
    Space Quest Collection (all)
    Police Quest Collection (ok yes, a little ambitious with these, I know)
    Bad Mojo: Redux

    There might be a few more I'm missing there.

    Edit:: Forgot Escape from Monkey Island and Starship Titanic

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  • Star StrykeStar Stryke Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Best just to get in the habit of updating regularly, it has helped me immensely with titles I've forgotten and quickly finished. I don't know for other people but for myself it also helps me keep focus and get the game finished in a timely manner since I'm always updating.

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  • CarcharodontosaurusCarcharodontosaurus Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Just to weigh in on Achievements as far as game backlogs are concerned, I've found that two thirds tends to be a good number. Many games have Achievements that are impossibly difficult to get, with the other Achievements rewarding either regular play or being creative.

    Take Team Fortress 2 for example. Given it's an online game, there's no way to finish it as such. However, getting two thirds of the Achievements means I've played it very thoroughly and explored everything the game has to offer.

    I've almost finished with Left 4 Dead as well in that regard. Only 9 more Achievements before I can tick it off the list and dedicate more time to Giants: Citizen Kabuto. :D

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  • Star StrykeStar Stryke Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Carcharodontosaurus wrote: »
    Just to weigh in on Achievements as far as game backlogs are concerned, I've found that two thirds tends to be a good number. Many games have Achievements that are impossibly difficult to get, with the other Achievements rewarding either regular play or being creative.

    Take Team Fortress 2 for example. Given it's an online game, there's no way to finish it as such. However, getting two thirds of the Achievements means I've played it very thoroughly and explored everything the game has to offer.

    I've almost finished with Left 4 Dead as well in that regard. Only 9 more Achievements before I can tick it off the list and dedicate more time to Giants: Citizen Kabuto. :D

    I'm in complete agreement on this one, I generally tend to hit a general point medium of 400-600 on 360 titles without really pushing it. If it happens that I get them along the way so be it, but ones that require farming say in multiplayer I tend to give a wide berth. More to the point when I do achievement farming its either because I'm playing a title that I've already beaten on another console and I'm replaying it again for good times (ie Quake 4) or it's a title I really enjoy like Orange Box for 360. Then I go all out.

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  • jclastjclast Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    How did one of you get all the achievements for Portal? With the imprecision of the analog aiming and the bugged step counter and all? Because that is freaking amazing. I was going to consider that one done once I finished off every other game and just keep telling myself that those Portal achievements were impossible.

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  • CarcharodontosaurusCarcharodontosaurus Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    jclast wrote: »
    How did one of you get all the achievements for Portal? With the imprecision of the analog aiming and the bugged step counter and all? Because that is freaking amazing. I was going to consider that one done once I finished off every other game and just keep telling myself that those Portal achievements were impossible.

    You mean Basic Science, Rocket Science, and Aperture Science?

    Yeah, those Achievements can join the Companion Cube. However, Cupcake, Fruitcake, and Vanilla Crazy Cake were fun to get because it rewarded clever thinking.

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  • jclastjclast Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I have not beaten all of the challenge maps yet, but they seem doable - it is the three you listed that seem impossible to do on a 360 pad to me.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I pretty much ignore achievements. I consider them as an above and beyond thing for games I really enjoy (like Rock Band or whatever). If I'm just playing through a game on my backlog, I'm not going to go out of my way for them.

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  • jclastjclast Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Once I get my list made I figure "complete story on normal" will count as a complete.

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  • CarcharodontosaurusCarcharodontosaurus Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    jclast wrote: »
    I have not beaten all of the challenge maps yet, but they seem doable - it is the three you listed that seem impossible to do on a 360 pad to me.

    Yeah, with a 360 pad I can imagine it being incredibly frustrating. It's bad enough with a keyboard and mouse, let me tell you.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Just beat Brutal Legend, crossing it off my list for now. I'll be back for multiplayer eventually.

    On to Borderlands.

    4% completion! And I've updated my post.

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  • DourinDourin Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Oh lord. I finally went through and updated my backloggery. Apparently I have only completed 25% of my total games. I just don't know what to say for myself.

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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I thought my backlog was bad. I've got about 5 disc based PS3 games, 5 disc based Wii games, about 5 PSN titles and some PSP titles that I haven't finished and am not currently plugging away at. Some of you backlogs are scary.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    my backlog is so scary that i am reduced into a paralyzed fear whenever i gaze upon it.

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  • UreshiiAkumaUreshiiAkuma Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Well, first game off my backlog, as I completed Dead Space: Extraction. I'm only going to update my total complete by 1%, since I don't have all my backlog listed yet, but I know it is less than 100 :)
    I guess to mark complete ones I will use italic gray.

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  • SlagmireSlagmire Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Fucking hell... found Ring of Red in my collection and tried to start playing that on the PS3. It gets locked up at the beginning of the trial battle. :(

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  • CarcharodontosaurusCarcharodontosaurus Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You can't be held responsible if the game isn't working. Remove it from your backlog unless you're intent on trying to fix it.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Man, I didn't even count all of my backlog for various reasons.

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    The few people who've never played (or simply never finished) Super Metroid make me sad.

    The first rule is somewhat unclear: "new" being somewhat vague.

    I've been intending to buy Aladdin (SNES) for some time. Would I not be allowed to? I've already beaten the game many times. I presume "new" is more "would add to the backlog", but I'd like clarification before I post my list of games I already own and should probably get around to beating.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, I just didn't include stuff that I have no intention of completing.

    EDIT: Spirit of the agreement would indicate no buying things that would add to backlog. You want to pick up an old game for collector's sake? Sounds fine by me.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I don't think the backlog police are really going to care.

    also: Just beat Lair of the Leviathan. PROGRESS!

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  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I work retail and get a bunch of games on the cheap, so I have well over 200 games (223 according to my Backloggery) that are unfinished. So I think I may join you guys in at least trying to finish off SOME of these games.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    SirUltimos wrote: »
    I work retail and get a bunch of games on the cheap, so I have well over 200 games (223 according to my Backloggery) that are unfinished. So I think I may join you guys in at least trying to finish off SOME of these games.

    I can help you get rid of some of those if you want to whittle it down quickly.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    joshofalltrades wrote: »
    SirUltimos wrote: »
    I work retail and get a bunch of games on the cheap, so I have well over 200 games (223 according to my Backloggery) that are unfinished. So I think I may join you guys in at least trying to finish off SOME of these games.

    I can help you get rid of some of those if you want to whittle it down quickly.

    You mean beat the games for him, or are you just trying to get him to send you free games? :D

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  • mrdobalinamrdobalina Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I am officially entering.

    I'll come back and finish this post later. (Actually, this is not a joke, I really will)

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    -PS2-
    Devil Summoner 2 - Played the first few chapters.
    King's Field: The Ancient City - Maybe halfway through.

    -360-
    Blue Dragon - On disk 2.
    Guitar Hero 3 - Haven't started (Lost guitar connector piece. Found it a couple weeks ago).
    Shadow Complex - Mostly finished.

    -XBox-
    Jade Empire - Haven't started.
    Phantom Dust - Haven't started.
    Panzer Dragoon - On one of the later levels.
    Fatal Frame 2 - Just started.

    -Wii-
    Mario Galaxy - Mostly finished.
    RE: Umbrella Chronicles - Mostly finished.
    Trauma Center - Mostly finished.
    Trauma Center 2 - A few hours in.
    Metroid Prime 3 - Haven't started.
    Final Fantasy 4: The After Years - Preparing for the final chapter.
    Sin & Punishment - Got stuck on a boss.
    Replays of VC games I've already played - Star Fox 64, DKC2, Super Metroid, Zelda: Link to the Past.

    -DS-
    Castlevania: Order of Ecclessia - Just unlocked Dracula's castle.
    The World Ends with You - Second week.
    Devil Survivor - Final day.
    Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA) - A few hours in.

    -PSP (fairly new so I'm not sure if it counts as a backlog)-

    FF7 (replay) - A few hours in.
    Mana Khemia - Restarted (made it a few hours in on the PS2 version).
    Wild Arms XF - A few hours in.
    Prinny - Finished the game, want to unlock some of the secret stuff.
    Wipeout Pulse - Just started.

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Entering all my games would be a chore on there, but I've entered what I need for my backlog so far.

    Let the plugging begin.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    cooljammer00 wrote: »
    joshofalltrades wrote: »
    SirUltimos wrote: »
    I work retail and get a bunch of games on the cheap, so I have well over 200 games (223 according to my Backloggery) that are unfinished. So I think I may join you guys in at least trying to finish off SOME of these games.

    I can help you get rid of some of those if you want to whittle it down quickly.

    You mean beat the games for him, or are you just trying to get him to send you free games? :D

    Can't it be both?

    I mean, I'm willing to take this burden off of his shoulders.

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  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You guys are good people. I'm glad you have my back.

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  • AlienCowThatMoosAlienCowThatMoos Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    For a time I found myself not so much playing games as collecting them. I'm better about that now, but my backlog is still 186 games.

    The horror!

    Now playing Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis.

    Thinking about dumping Hotel Dusk as it's boring as fuck.

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  • tardcoretardcore Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Ah what the hell, I might as well too. In the end, I'm sure I will feel better about myself and justify some of the prices I paid for these games in the first place. Most of the 360 games I have were from trades or I got extremely cheap. It's a huge list, and I will probably buy some more games in between, but I want to mainly focus on these. If I don't like the game, I'll probably take it off my list, as I have yet to play a whole bunch of these. I won't force myself to play through a game I don't enjoy. The games I have played and didn't finish, I added to this list only because from what I did play, I liked. Anyway, spoilered for HUGE.

    Beaten: 1 out of 69 Games
    Microsoft Xbox
    - Panzer Dragoon Orta
    Progress: Only put in a few hours
    Goal: Full completion

    Microsoft Xbox 360
    - Alone in the Dark
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Armored Core 4
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Army of Two
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Assassin's Creed
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Blacksite: Area 51
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Blue Dragon
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Condemned: Criminal Origins
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Dark Sector
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Dead Rising
    Progress: Beat the game once, want to do it again
    Goal: Get all endings
    - Dead Space
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Devil May Cry 4
    Progress: Maybe half-way through?
    Goal: Finish the game
    - Enchanted Arms
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - FarCry 2
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Fracture
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Gears of War
    Progress: Almost done, lost game save
    Goal: Complete game
    - Gears of War 2
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Grand Theft Auto IV
    Progress: Only about 10% done with story mode
    Goal: Complete story mode
    - Infinite Undiscovery
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Kameo: Elements of Power
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Lost Odyssey
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Mass Effect
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Operation Darkness
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Perfect Dark Zero: Collector's Edition
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Prince of Persia
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Pure
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game/unlock all tracks
    - Rainbow Six: Vegas
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Rock Band
    Progress: Unlocked about half of the songs
    Goal: Complete as much as I can/unlock everything
    - Samurai Warriors 2
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Silent Hill: Homecoming
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Soldier of Fortune: Payback
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Stranglehold
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Street Fighter IV
    Progress: Unlocked most characters, still have two more
    Goal: Unlock everyone
    - Stuntman: Ignition
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Finish game
    - Table Tennis
    Progress: About halfway through tournament mode
    Goal: Finish tournament, unlock everyone
    - Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Completion of game


    Nintendo GameCube
    - Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Complete game
    - Metroid Prime
    Progress: Played for an hour or so
    Goal: Complete game
    - Resident Evil 0
    Progress: Played til the end of the train part, lost my save
    Goal: Complete game on normal
    - Resident Evil (Remake)
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Complete game on normal


    Nintendo Wii
    - Mega Man 9
    Progress: Only beat Galaxy Man
    Goal: Complete the game
    - Super Mario Galaxy
    Progress: Only put in an hour so far
    Goal: Complete the game
    - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
    Progress: Unlocked most characters, haven't finished story mode
    Goal: Unlock all characters, complete story mode


    PC
    - BioShock
    Progress: Played a bit past the medical area, lost game save
    Goal: Completion of the game
    - Call of Duty: United Offensive
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Completion of the game
    - Company of Heroes
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Completion of the game
    - Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Completion of the game
    - F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Completion of the game
    - FarCry
    Progress: Played for about an hour
    Goal: Completion of the game
    - Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green
    Complete!
    - Painkiller: Black Edition
    Progress: Only played first two levels
    Goal: Completion of the game
    - Postal 2: Share the Pain
    Progress: Only played the first level
    Goal: Completion of the game
    - System Shock 2
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Completion of the game


    Sony Playstation 2
    - Burnout 3: Takedown
    Progress: Can't remember, unlocked some stuff
    Goal: Unlock everything, complete game
    - Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Complete game
    - Frequency
    Progress: Only unlocked a few songs
    Goal: Unlock all songs
    - God of War
    Progress: Not sure where I was, maybe halfway through?
    Goal: Complete game
    - Katamari Damacy
    Progress: Only played for an hour or so
    Goal: Complete game
    - Max Payne
    Progress: Got stuck somewhere in the middle
    Goal: Complete game
    - Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Complete game
    - Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
    Progress: Stopped after the boat mission
    Goal: Complete game
    - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
    Progress: Never played
    Goal: Complete game
    - Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
    Progress: Lost my save data so I'll have to restart, somewhere between Claire/Chris
    Goal: Complete game on normal


    Sony Playstation 3
    - Infamous
    Progress: About 75% done with Good, have not done Evil
    Goal: Beaten both Good and Evil
    - Prototype
    Progress: Only played for around an hour while I messed with Infamous
    Goal: Completion of story mode
    - Soul Calibur IV
    Progress: Never Played
    Goal: Unlock all characters, stages, and what have you
    - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
    Progress: Only played a few times with my girlfriend
    Goal: Completion on Normal
    - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
    Progress: 90% done with Easy
    Goal: Completion on Normal

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  • guarguar Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    tardcore wrote: »
    - Katamari Damacy

    The highlight of my sophomore year.

    :whistle: Ronery roree staa! :whistle:

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Funny to see a thread like this, as I was just thinking that I shouldn't buy any more games for the rest of the year.

    I'll make a proper list later, but here's my Backloggery.

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    tardcore wrote: »
    Ah what the hell, I might as well too. In the end, I'm sure I will feel better about myself and justify some of the prices I paid for these games in the first place. Most of the 360 games I have were from trades or I got extremely cheap. It's a huge list, and I will probably buy some more games in between, but I want to mainly focus on these. If I don't like the game, I'll probably take it off my list, as I have yet to play a whole bunch of these. I won't force myself to play through a game I don't enjoy. The games I have played and didn't finish, I added to this list only because from what I did play, I liked. Anyway, spoilered for HUGE.

    70 Games

    You can lop Battlefield 1942 off your list, not much of a single player component there.

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  • HerrCronHerrCron It that wickedly supports taxation Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, I'm in.

    My backloggery is in my sig, I could really do with making a dent in the PC games I have though. Maybe I'll start by finishing zeno clash then S.T.A.L.K.E.R, now that i have a machine capable of running them both.

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Hrm. I'm thinking about reformatting the op and signup process, doing something similar to Phalla games, with a !Signup, !Update: Beat X, at YY%, etc. What do you guys think? Is the current method of linking to signup posts really all that informative?

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  • CarcharodontosaurusCarcharodontosaurus Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Sounds okay to me. Give us an idea of what you'd want the new format to look like and we'll offer criticism. :)

    ...

    3 more Achievements before I can put down Left 4 Dead! Good timing really, as with Left 4 Dead 2 the servers are probably going to dry up considerably.

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