The "Gaming Backlog of Shame" competition

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  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    RootWyrm said:

    I propose the following adjustment for MMOs based on my experiences:

    APB Reloaded: 10 hours recorded by Steam.
    EQ1 or EQ2: Level 20 (Knight of D'Lere achievement)
    World of Warcraft: Level 20 or 2 level 10's. (Can't count deleted characters or existing characters.)
    World of Tanks: 10 hours.
    The Secret World: Level 10
    Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning: Level 10
    Champions Online: Level 10
    No Levels / Free To Play: 10 hours or 10 levels, use your best judgment.

    The challenge relates to the Steam Library, so if the game isn't in your Steam games list it doesn't count anyway.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    Most of those games aren't on Steam.... so, I'm not sure what they have to do with this competition. It's pretty explicitly stated in most of my OPs that this is about Steam libraries...
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    We have 32 official "I'm in" participants so far. Many of you have already begun and have been following the rules and posting your thoughts about the games you're playing/suffering through. Thank you to those that have!
  • pigflipperpigflipper The Forgotten Coast Icrontian
    Wish I could participate, but work has a stranglehold on me for the next few months as we transition to new owners, menu, and the busy season.
  • RequitRequit That one guy Somewhere over there, I don't know Icrontian
    edited January 2013
    For the first time in my life, I have a computer capable of playing all those Steam games I've been buying in hopes for this day to come.

    I then see this. Guess I know how I'll be deciding what game to play first. Count me in.
    primesuspect
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    Another for the backlog throne
  • Most of those games aren't on Steam.... so, I'm not sure what they have to do with this competition. It's pretty explicitly stated in most of my OPs that this is about Steam libraries...

    As a matter of fact, there are a lot of them on Steam.
    Everquest 2, APB Reloaded, Planetside 2, Eve Online, The Secret World, you get the idea.

    The Steam Store even has an entire category dedicated to MMOs.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    "If you don't want to play by the rules, that doesn't mean you should try to change the rules for everyone." I love you, Bobbydigi
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    And I don't see why you would discount existing characters anyways (i.e. if WoW happened to be in my Steam, I would not count it because I had an 85 already).
  • BobbyDigi said:


    I think the gist of what they are trying to tell you is.... your proposal has been rejected.

    If it is on your Steam list... beat it if possible or play it for 10 hours if not. It really is that simple. If you don't want to play by the rules, that doesn't mean you should try to change the rules for everyone. Lay out the rules you want to follow in your thread and play. That is the whole idea here, Stop making excuses and complaining and JUST PLAY.

    -Digi

    You know, I would love to know what you all are smoking that makes you think this is someone trying to 'not play by the rules.' Seriously.

    If we say "10 hours" for MMOs, fine, great. I'll just fire it up and chat with people for 9 hours of it. Or just dawdle so I only see maybe level 6 content. The point of my proposal was to tighten and clarify the rules for people with MMOs in their backlogs, so that there are more specific objectives in tune with the genre rather than just a blanket '10 hours.' Which for many of them, really isn't much time at all for some of them.
    The point here is to play the games in our backlog and get a real feel for them, is it not? And I was under the impression that the ultimate objective was to 'beat' the games which are beatable. Well, technically many of these are 'beatable' (e.g. APB Reloaded would be max matchmaking level or standing, Champions Online would be level 50, and so on) while others are not (World of Tanks for example). The problem therein is that if we say 'max level,' EQ2 is 92 (95 w/CoE) and 40-60 days to get there. And if we say '10 hours,' that's not even one zone - hardly gives you a feel for the game.

    Not only that, but I'd like folks to see it as an incentive and reason to ADD games to their backlog, and to really try out different games without the fear of getting bogged down badly. As I said, there's a whole dearth of free to play and subscription-free MMOs these days. Some of them are quite good - The Secret World, Planetside 2, EQ2 - and right there on Steam.
  • colacola part legend, part devil... all man Balls deep Icrontian
    OH GOD MY SIDES DIGI
  • TeramonaTeramona Consulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
    Hm. So far this competition has gotten me drunk AND laid. If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right.
    RahnalH102
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    Hahahaha awesome thread.

    Sooooo not in. Buddy bought me the complete Warhammer 40K collection ----not even at the point of a gun, take me now haysoos.
  • WinfreyWinfrey waddafuh Missouri Icrontian
    According to the media after finishing our backlogs we should all be raging gun-toting killers.

    And they might be right, but for much different reasons ;D
    RahnalH102midgatimuchan
  • TeramonaTeramona Consulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
    Winfrey said:

    According to the media after finishing our backlogs we should all be raging gun-toting killers.

    And they might be right, but for much different reasons ;D

    Can you imagine if video games really did affect our behavior?

    "Terin, why are you flying from place to place smashing random boxes and piles of rubble with that impressive hammer whose material and strength you seem to upgrade periodically?"

    "Gee, I don't know. It just seemed like the thing to do."
    midga
  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian
    "Bobby, you will need to duck to get in the door so your impressive towering pillar of hats doesn't hit"

    "Thanks dude. Doesn't that Mackerel stink after carying it around all day?"
    mertesnGnomeQueenmidga
  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    My first three games: 1...2...3...KICK IT, AaaAaaaAaAAAA, and its sequel mean I would suddenly start jumping off of extremely high places, occasionally listening to awesome music on the way down.

    ...maybe I should figure out how to have a soft landing...
    timuchan
  • DocFrazierDocFrazier Gladbrook, IA Icrontian
    Raptr Gamercard
  • "If Pac Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around dark rooms, listening to repetitive electronic music while munching magic pills."
    TushonRahnalH102Creeperbane2
  • DocFrazierDocFrazier Gladbrook, IA Icrontian
    edited January 2013
    Dungeon Defenders
    Rome: Total War
    The Basement Collection
    Age of Chivalry
    Cave Story+
    Closure
    Company of Heroes
    Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
    Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
    Dystopia
    Empire: Total War
    Eternal Silence
    Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
    Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
    Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat
    Medieval II: Total War
    Metro 2033
    Napoleon: Total War
    Offspring Fling!
    Portal
    Portal 2
    Red Faction: Armageddon
    Saints Row: The Third
    Shank 2
    Sid Meier's Civilization V
    Smashball
    Snapshot
    Team Fortress 2 Beta
    The Binding of Isaac
    Titan Quest
    Total War: SHOGUN 2
    Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai
    Total War Battles: SHOGUN
    Viking: Battle for Asgard
    Zombie Panic Source


    So here is my less than 10 hour list. Though Portal I beat in like 3 so.... I guess I must play some challenge levels.
  • WinfreyWinfrey waddafuh Missouri Icrontian
    ardichoke said:

    "If Pac Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around dark rooms, listening to repetitive electronic music while munching magic pills."

    uh oh.

    Tushon
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    I would be a LOT shorter if real life were like video games.
  • DocFrazierDocFrazier Gladbrook, IA Icrontian
    Hey @Myrmidon and @Cannonfodder.... feel like breaking out Smashball and Dystopia with me?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    Doc, make a thread and you'll be in officially!
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian

    So here is my less than 10 hour list. Though Portal I beat in like 3 so.... I guess I must play some challenge levels.

    If you complete the game, you are done. You don't have to replay up to 10 hours. The 10 hours rule is ONLY for games that do not have any sort of ending.
  • RyanFodderRyanFodder Detroit, MI Icrontian
    I forgot about dystopia... That game ... I definitely have 10 hours in but I'd play again for sure :)
  • timuchantimuchan Fishers, IN Icrontian
    For AaAaAA!! do I just unlock and play all of the levels? Its a pretty unstructured/casual game.
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