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50. Beat three games in a series
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

First of the Advance Collection down!

1/52

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmarishNursery

Might finally play Kingdom Hearts, finish Bloodborne, or replay Pokemon B/W

Happy New Year! Good luck to everyone who participates in this.

Credit goes to tazzyboyishere for first starting this in 2016, and Robazoid for carrying the torch through 2020. Basically, there are 50 challenges outlined below that will require you to beat 52 games total. This isn't a competition and there's no prize for winning aside from a sense of accomplishment. This is just a fun thing to participate in while we all work through our video game libraries. It also gives us a place to discuss what we're playing. Feel free to join in!

Rules:
- A single playthrough of a game can only be used for one challenge
- Use your own judgment to decide if game fits in a certain category
- Games started in 2021 or earlier are fine as long as they're finished in 2022
- Please add your own games to the spreadsheet linked to below, which anyone can edit
- When using the spreadsheet, please don't mess with checklists/tallies that aren't yours
- There's a tab listing favorite games in the spreadsheet if you need help with Challenge 42
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SHwbTtsxvEZ1zyWoe72ORQyNM2WesSkzBW3A71xJJRs/edit?usp=sharing

Challenges:

Years (5)
1. Beat a game released before 1993
2. Beat a game released between 1993-2002
3. Beat a game released between 2003-2012
4. Beat a game released between 2013-2022
5. Beat a game released in 2023

Series (4)
6. Beat a game in a completely new series
7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of
8. Beat a spin-off or a game that rebooted a franchise
9. Beat a remake or enhanced port

Creators (4)
10. Beat a game made by a director/composer/artist/etc that you like
11. Beat a game made by a developer you like
12. Beat a game made by a developer you've never tried
13. Beat a game made by an indie developer

Genres (10)
14. Beat an RPG
15. Beat a puzzle game
16. Beat a rhythm game
17. Beat a shooting game
18. Beat a simulation game
19. Beat a platformer
20. Beat an action game
21. Beat a strategy game
22. Beat a fighting game
23. Beat a sports game

Themes (6)
24. Beat a game with romance as a central theme
25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme
26. Beat a game with revenge as a central theme
27. Beat a game with mystery as a central theme
28. Beat a game with the supernatural as a central theme
29. Beat a game with comedy as a central theme

Demographics (6)
30. Beat a game with a female lead
31. Beat a game with a child lead
32. Beat a game with a non-white lead
33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead
34. Beat a game with an animal lead
35. Beat a game with a lead that's from a fictional species

Time (4)
36. Beat a game that's been in your backlog for a long time
37. Beat a game you'd dropped or had a long hold on
38. Finish a game in one day
39. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat

Stats (3)
40. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70
41. Beat a game with a Metascore above 90
42. Beat another user's favorite game

Adaptation (3)
43. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters
44. Beat a game that's been adapted into another medium
45. Beat a game that features historical events or people

Miscellaneous (5)
46. Beat a game you received for free or through a paid subscription service
47. Play a technically unbeatable game for at least six hours
48. Beat a game that starts with the first letter of your username
49. Choose a random page on TVTropes and beat something from the video game section
50-52. Beat three games in a series

Camden posted...

My dog is in for a bad night, but I'm just glad it's at least contained to the one night unlike July(and June).

I got here on December 17th and they've been going pretty much every night

heck these people

If you set off fireworks in the neighborhood you suck and should feel bad

edit: especially if you start at 6 pm

I'm sad that people no longer want my game moved up :(

17/34

Star Ocean and XCOM. Never played either but somewhat interested in both!

Arizona Cardinals
Detroit Lions
Kansas City Chiefs
Miami Dolphins
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Washington Commanders
Jacksonville Jaguars
San Francisco 49ers
New York Jets
Green Bay Packers
Los Angeles Chargers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Cincinnati Bengals

Level 6
Denver +6.5

Bonus: Tampa Bay

RoseChevalier posted...

lmao and savescumming fire emblem is bad too huh

I mean, that's the base game though. You have to go out of your way to select Steel Soul mode!

I mean, you do you it's cool but I just don't really get it

RoseChevalier posted...

so now I'm save and quitting if I hit 1 health lmao

I feel like that kind of defeats the purpose!

Emeraldegg posted...

Would anyone like to guess which player has had the highest +/- and net rating in the month of december this season?

Ben Simmons

A few ground rules:
-Please say which level you are on when you post your pick. In most cases it will be obvious, but this makes it easier for me to record the picks.
-The deadline to make a pick is before the official kick-off time of the game in question. You cannot pick a game that has already started. Some levels may have different deadlines, so read carefully.
-The deadline to answer the bonus question is at the start of games on Sunday (1 PM ET).
-Please don't edit your picks. If you'd like to change, please do so in a clearly labeled new post.
-I get my spreads from an online site providing lines from several sources, both in Vegas and out. Although these sources may continue to change their lines throughout the week, the ones I post in the topic are frozen and final for our purposes.
-You may use bonus points to skip any level after it is guaranteed you cannot pass it (at the end of the week's games, typically). You may only skip the level before I have posted the next week's topic. The price for skipping is in proportion to the level you are skipping. Skipping level 1 would take 1 bonus point, level 2 will take 2, level 5 will take 5. So on and so forth.

Explanation of Levels:

Level 1: Pick a winner. Simply pick one team to win their game. If they win, you go on to level 2.

Level 2: Pick an Underdog to win. You must pick a team that is an underdog to win their game. Underdogs will always be the team listed second.

Level 3: Level 3: 2 Games with Spread. Using the spreads I provide, pick 2 games. You must get both correct to move on. Spreads work by giving (-) or getting (+) points. The team that is the favorite to win "gives" points to the underdog. If you choose the favorite to win, they must still win after "giving" those points to the underdog. If you choose the underdog, you would be correct if they win the game after "getting" those points. For example, if a game says "Giants (-2.5) vs. Cowboys," if you pick the Giants, they must actually win the game by at least three points; if you pick the Cowboys, you would win if they actually won the game or lost by two points or less.

Level 4: 2 Game differentials. Pick two games and specify them to have a score differential of either 10+ or 5-. Make sure to specify which you pick, if you pick a score to be 10+ and the score ends up 3 apart, you do not advance. You do not need to pick the winner, as long as the differential is correct, it does not matter which team wins.

Level 5: 2 Over/Unders: I will now provide over/unders for each game. This number relates to the final score. You must choose 2 of the games and decide whether the final score will be OVER the number I provided or UNDER the number I provided. You must get both of these correct to advance.

Level 6: Pleaser: Pick one team to win using the spread, but with the pleaser, you lose 6 points on the spread. In other words, add six points in whichever direction makes it harder to win. For example, a (-2.5) spread becomes (-8.5), a (+3.5) becomes a (-2.5) spread, etc.

Level 7: QB, RB, WR: Pick 1 player to throw a touchdown pass, 1 player to rush for a touchdown, and 1 player to catch a touchdown pass. They must all be from different teams, and must also combine for at least 4 touchdowns in their respective positions. Typically you will be picking a QB, RB, and WR, but you may pick players from other positions to fill those roles (i.e. a TE or RB to get a receiving touchdown). You must make it clear what role you are picking the players for if it is not the standard QB/RB/WR or QB/RB/TE. If the player gets a touchdown in a different way (i.e. your rusher getting a receiving touchdown), it does not count.

Level 8: 5 Game Teaser: This is the opposite of level 6. Instead of losing 6 points on each spread, you actually gain 6 points on each spread. But you have to get all 5 games right to move on. So a team favored by 9.5 will now only have to win by 3.5, a team that is getting 2.5 points will now be getting 8.5 points.

Level 9: Rank 'Em: Pick starting quarterbacks and rank them in order of passing yards they will have this week, from most to least. You must get the entire order correct. TWO CHOICES: You may rank three quarterbacks whose team wins the game, OR any four quarterbacks. All selected quarterbacks must start their game. You must pick all players at once; you cannot make a partial pick to complete later.

Level 10: Obstacle Course: For this level, you are trying previous levels (although some of them are easier than before): You must SUCCESSFULLY pick one team to win, one team to win with the spread, one team to score 28 or more/14 or less, one over/under, one player to score a non-passing touchdown, AND quarterback to throw for at least 280 yards. You can't pick the same team more than once.

Schedule: (Favorites listed first; home team in CAPS)

Thursday, December 29th
Dallas (-12.5) @ TENNESSEE 39.5

Sunday, January 1st
1 PM ET
ATLANTA (-2.5) vs Arizona 42.5
DETROIT (-5.5) vs Chicago 52.5
KANSAS CITY (-12.5) vs Denver 44.5
NEW ENGLAND (-2.5) vs Miami 41.5
NEW YORK GIANTS (-5.5) vs Indianapolis- 38.5
PHILADELPHIA (-5.5) vs New Orleans 43.5
TAMPA BAY (-3.5) vs Carolina 40.5
WASHINGTON (-1.5) vs Cleveland 40.5
Jacksonville (-4.5) @ HOUSTON 43.5
4 PM
San Francisco (-9.5) @ LAS VEGAS 41.5
New York Jets (-1.5) @ SEATTLE 42.5
GREEN BAY (-2.5) vs Minnesota 48.5
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (-6.5) vs Los Angeles Rams 40.5
8 PM
BALTIMORE (-2.5) vs Pittsburgh 35.5

Monday, January 2nd
Buffalo (-1.5) @ CINCINNATI 49.5

Bonus Question: New year, new me. Choose a team to avenge a loss from earlier in the season.

I'd put Tora above Ohya and that's about it

Pantheon 5 is indeed ludicrous

Dallas Cowboys

Corrik7 posted...

Mzero, are we in a stop or are you playing games? You @ed the host and did an action command.

should be whenever Sultan or BCT notices

MZero posted...

##Shoot: Marth

@TheSultanOfSlam

Lea double voter confirmed

UnderUrMattress posted...

MZero and Corrik null.

UnderUrMattress posted...

Actually MZero could maybe be a lean scum, but I'd like to see more from him.

UnderUrMattress posted...

Pretty scummy:
MZero
Ben

In the span of 8 minutes you went from null to lean scum to pretty scummy

UnderUrMattress posted...

Also your only FOS is me and I know I'm town, so if you subtract me out of the equation then we have the same reads. No one has really showed much of their cards yet so like, I have zero conviction on anything. And I'm not really sure that anyone else has conviction. It's more like everyone just flinging shit around and seeing what sticks.

While it is good to help push the game along, it's also a lot easier for scum to just hop on wagons so they don't have to make up fake reads or buss their teammates. That's why I'm a little susupicious of you but it's still early and I'm not familiar with your play so I'm on driving the train yet, but based on what you told me on page 1 I am expecting you to push some of your own reads eventually

In defense of Abacus, I also originally read Han's post as plum putting himself in players' shoes or whatever and I think it's actually a good look that he didn't back off of it. Not good in like a good play kind of way, but I feel like scum just backs off there

haven't played 3 but 5 > 4

UnderUrMattress posted...

I don't really have any specific agenda for this game beyond what I normally do which is push and/or vote people that I find scummy. Goes without saying that this SoD is a dud with pretty much nothing to work with so I don't have any reads to push, or even advocate for being town.

I was promised pushes and votes on people he finds scummy but all I've seen is pushes and votes on people others find scummy. He's been very much a follower and not a leader. I am not pleased.

Also not a big fan of feeling the need to defend not having reads yet in post #30 but last time I thought someone sounded defensive it didn't end well!

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He seems to be around but not really doing anything other than following wagons and posting fluff

If I were to tunnel someone this game it would be UnderUrMatress but my confidence is broken after the BCT debacle

i am a broken man

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no because I could very well be first by day's end!

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no thanks

jcgamer107 posted...

Damn, I didn't expect F-Zero GX to win, let alone by that much

absolute travesty

Wind Waker

Nidoran M
Nidorino

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mafia needs a post limit I don't want to wake up to 5 topics

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that never stopped me!

Leafeon13N posted...

I always have an agenda.

that doesn't answer the question!

if you always have an agenda, than simply having an agenda does not go beyond what you normally

UnderUrMattress posted...

this is a mafia game thread with mafia players

What is your strategy for finding scum in this game, friend?

Nice, I was planning to play through them next year since I got it on PS+

Lopen posted...

I'll sit on my hands in protest until someone dayvigs you.

don't worry, I'm in this game

tis the season of giving

Twilight Princess

Hippopotas
Hippowdon

Nope but looking for one before FFXVI drops

Nominate: Chained Echoes

Support: Chicory, Control, and Cadence of Hyrule

Alright fine I'm in

Pretty much everything from the most hated Christmas songs topic

_Blur_ posted...

There's literally a zero percent chance this is a real opinion

Well it is!

wg64Z posted...

Oh yeah we tight. I owe him a lot. Top tier human.

Real talk though, how much hate would I get if I put DKC2 at the bottom? Still S tier mind you.

1 >> 3 >>>>>>>> 2

DKC1 is good. 3 is pretty good until the last couple stages but I managed to finish it. DKC2 I've tried 3 or 4 times to get through and always drop it because it's so bad

Jolteon
Plusle
Elektross
Bellibolt