Half Way There Update

Just wanted to hop on and give you guys an update on how well I'm going along here. I also want to go over again what I'm doing with this blog for all my new followers, friends, and viewers :D

First off I started this challenge 6 months ago. I vowed that I would attempt to obtain my 2,012th trophy by the end of the year (2012), and while doing this I would make sure to obtain at least 15 platinum trophies so I wasn't just playing games for the easy trophies. Thus making the challenge an actual challenge. Some may ask why I am doing this. Ultimately I want to gain more cred in the gaming world, and I want more cred in the gaming world so Sony would recognize me as a suitable contender for their reality competition game show The Tester.

This blog has grown to be more than what I expected... it is my first blog, and I'm learning as I go. I have been thinking of new ideas to add, and little by little this is becoming an awesome experience for me. I have turned something that was just supposed to be about trophy's into a personal opinion/reviews on the games that I play and walkthroughs on the hardest difficulty.

If you're just joining or joined late during my blog here is what you can expect in my posts and how it works. First I play a game (usually on it's lowest difficulty) to obtain story and have a feel on the casual gameplay. After beating it once I will blog my thoughts or a "review" on the game, so if anyone is interested in picking it up just for the gameplay aspect. I talk about whats expected in games now, sound, story, graphics, multiplayer, replayability, are the controls easy to learn. After that I will beat it on the hardest difficulty, if this is known to be a tough task I will record my gameplay and commentate to help people through it. My strategies may not work for everyone, but you'll get the general idea. Once I platinum the game I try my best to inform you of the best routes to take to obtain the platinum the easiest and fastest way. At the end of my blog, I usually post my Trophy counter, which is where I'm at in my goals. This way you can keep up with my progress if interested and if I will be able to complete it or not. Lets talk more about my goal, and discuss if my goal is still in sight!

I started with 1,000+ (like 1,040) trophies, and now I'm at 1,450 trophies. I have obtained somewhere close 410 trophies over 6 months, and 8 platinum trophies. I am 562 trophies away from my goal, and this means I'm behind in the amount of trophies. I am 152 trophies behind to be exact, and it hurts me to look at it this way. This just means that I need to put more effort into obtaining normal trophies than just platinum trophies, but honestly to me the platinum trophies mean more to me than regular trophies. I do have a plan, though. I have 2 games that I plan on beating the month of July that should net me 168 trophies including 4 platinums O.o I know that's what you were thinking... How the heck is that possible? This month I plan to rock Infamous 2, which is 52 trophies and 1 of them being platinum. The other 106 trophies are coming from The Sly Collection, a classic that I grew up playing. They have 3 games in the collection each has a 36 trophies and a platinum in each one. There are also some Move mini games that net another, which brings the total to 168 trophies and 4 of them being platinums :D

That's all for this Mid-Week update, and I hope you guys continue to read my blog. I will have an update this upcoming Sunday, and just to give you guys a spoiler on what's coming up. Looking to get some graphics into my entries, so you're not just staring at words and paragraphs. I'm also hoping to have more video commentary for Mass Effect 2, but no promises as I have been to busy to start on them. I will also be sharing my strategies on how to platinum 2 games (due to receiving platinum trophies in them), so make sure you don't miss it! Catch you all Sunday!