Trophies to Fight Cancer 2023 (No more submissions)

[Beyondthegrave07]

 

 

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm back! First thing I would like to do is thank @kindajustin for filling in last year and taking the reins for running this. I was legit getting my ass kicked at work, coming home exhausted and just didn't have the stamina to run it again. Running this is a very tiring event, and I'm sure any of the people who helped volunteer to run it last year fully understand how much work goes into keeping track of everything. I will commit to donating $2 for every game finished, but beware, I will have actual standards this year with very specific rules so be sure to read the OP carefully closer to the start of the event once I have all the rules sorted out. I wanted to go ahead and get this thread out there because people constantly ask me about it.

 

Other Donors (of varying amounts):

 

@Starrk_01

@Jeanolt

@AffectatiousDonk

@Maxine

@Arctic Cress

@kidson2004

@ProfSeajay7 

@Briste

@jsisoo

 

DA RULES:

 

First of all, this is an open-ended event. No deadlines for "sign-ups." As long as you fulfill the requirements, you'll be "signed-up."

 

And the rules for this event are pretty simple. This will be a two-month event starting October 1st and end November 30th, 2023 GMT+0. For every game completed (plat or 100% if no plat) with pink (October's breast cancer awareness) in the PSNP thumbnail or orange (November's prostate cancer awareness). For this event, you can complete as many games as possible as long as they follow the below rules.

 

1. No autopopping platinums (No 10 second plats, sorry!)
2. You can play games you've stacked before, but you cannot stack the same trophy list (same thumbnail) twice for the event. (example: only pop one sound shapes plat, doing all 6 will only count as 1).
3. No games with a RARITY completion percentage above 80%. (I want you to at least sort of earn it). This is NOT the same as average completion percentage. 
4. The game has to at least have been out for 2 weeks in order for it to count (No sneaking in EZPZ stacks at the last second)
5. You must post here during the time period for the game to count and must tell me which color it is (orange or pink, you can only choose one color).
6. I will be making some very standard rules for what can/can't count. I don't want to make things too difficult, but if we're down to analyzing a couple pixels, it's not going to count by me. If a game is really on the fence, just pick something else. I will be making very explicit rules for this so please be sure to tune in to the OP at the end of the week.

 

Other than that, everything else is free game. I don't want to make it difficult for people to earn money for the event, but I also want to make sure people actually have to put in some sort of effort to earn it as well. Otherwise, I might as well just empty my bank account now. Length of the game doesn't matter as long as it follows these rules.

 

EXAMPLES:

 

So, deciding what is orange vs what is pink is not as straight forward as I thought and I'm sure there are some people wondering, "Wtf does he mean by thumbnails and what is acceptable?" One step at a time!

 

1. What is pink and what is orange?

 

These are Orange....

 

These are Pink....

 

Look, I'm not going to insult your intelligence and argue what color is orange and what color is pink, but if you can match it to either of these two, you are good. I'm going to use the honor system here for the most part, but don't use red and call it pink and don't use yellow and call it orange. I'm going to call you out on your bullshit and not count it. At least ask ahead of time if you are really not sure. I'm likely not going to just say flat out no, but I don't want people to tell me Dead Nation is pink when it's as blood red as it gets. 

 

2. Wtf is a thumbnail and can I get some examples?

A thumbnail is the little picture next to the game on your PSNProfile. You can find examples of what would and would not count on the original event post here:

Like I said, I'm not going to be too picky on it, but please use common sense. My suggestion is if you even have to question it, then pick something else or at least ask me before you commit in the thread. I have a few games I've seen where you could convince me either way, but if I have to think too hard on it, I'mjust going to go with my gut. If you are indeed colorblind, I can make an ongoing list, and I suggest others to post what games they are thinking to help as well. Color blindness is a real thing too, and I want to help anyone who has it if they are interested in this event.

BADGES!!!

Badges are coming back this year. I will be messaging a few people to see if they are interested, starting with a particular doctor who has helped me with this the past couple of years... 

 

Few last things to note:

 

-There is no deadlines for sign-ups, it's open until the very end of the event.

-I'll track participants once a game is finished by them. Technically, anyone can participate in the event even if they don't want one.

-Remember to report back here if you want your game to count. 

-It doesn't matter if you already started the game or not, it counts as long as it's finished between the two dates.

- You can do just the base of a 100% that has DLC trophies, but the rarest trophy has to be under 80% and you must point this out to me if you decide to do this. Otherwise, it doesn't count.

- Pink and orange games can be earned in either month. October or November. Doesn't matter

-I will retroactively count any games going back to October 1st, 2023. If you are late to the party, no worries. Post away!

-Please give the event time to process this year. I'm trying to get a team for the job, but everyone has their own life to live. The event will be tracked as fast as it can be.

 

I will be taking a couple of volunteers to help with the event. If you are interested, please let me know (preferably by PM). However, do not be offended if I don't pick you to help. I only need a couple of people to help. @Starrk_01 will be back again too which was a godsend a couple of years ago.

 

 

For now, if you all want to discuss games to play, would like us to approve games ahead of time, have at it. I am still working on establishing rules for the event to make it easier to choose games and standardize it to where I don't have to answer 400 times so if you want to wait to post until those are established, that's cool too! Hope you all have fun again this year!

 

 

Right now we are establishing some base rules:

 

This is what we are thinking right now:

 

1. 5 second rule - if it takes longer than 5 seconds to make a decision on the color, it doesn't count (so the more obvious, the better). The thing you should ask yourself is, "Do I have to really think if this works?" If the answer is "yes", it probably doesn't work. You can still ask of course, but the pass rate for these are not going to be great.

 

Example:

 

Is that pink or light red in the background? Idk, and even looking at it it's hard for me to say since everything else is so red so this is a no from me.

 

 

2. No zoom needed - If you have to zoom in to see it, it doesn't count.

 

Example:

 

 

The pink on it is really insignificant and when viewing a profile, it's not easy to see with the naked eye. Doesn't count this time, sorry.

 

3. No lips or mouth only - people were quite cheeky in the past with this one and would use human lips or inside of a mouth as the "pink" color. Unless if the mouth or lips are a focal point, it will not count this time. So many people did this in the past and were really getting away from the spirit of the event.

 

Examples:

 

 

 

 

And before people get too hung up on this, I used these examples and invalidated games I am currently playing or could use. I'm not doing it to be an asshole, I promise. Quite the opposite, I want it to be easier for you to choose games without everything being questioned or feeling unsure about your picks. Also, don't want to fry my brain trying to decide either so I'm taking a very simplistic approach to it to streamline decision making 

 

4. Copper is considered brown, not orange. A lot of people normally try to submit games that are metalic and has a copper/penny shine to it. These will be considered brown and will not count.

 

 

Though, as long as it's visible and easy to see, you shouldn't have any issues. See the below examples that would still work. 

 

 

Killzone is easily still orange and even though the rest is gray, still counts.

 

Yellow-y orange,  but the left side is orange enough. It counts.

 

 

Not a whole lot of orange there, but it's easy enough to spot. It counts.

 

Not a lot of pink, but that Donut is definitely pink as it could be. Counts.

 

 

In the end, if you are not sure, you can always ask. However, we don't want to be answering for 500+ games so please be courteous when asking and try not to spam us with questions. 

 

Here's the Google doc for help with games/tracker of who has completed games. Please be patient with updates. I have a couple of people helping, but we all have our own lives too.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1brmXYsdLPE9pEAXTWHKywZcwLKP4LJJoorpbQf-yU_Y/edit?usp=drivesdk

Edited December 1, 2023 by Beyondthegrave07
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[Platinum_Vice]

It's great to see this running again. I was hoping for it and have set aside some orange games! 

 

If anyone would like some colour suggestions, I recommend:

 

Inscryption for a dark pink: 

 

Super Time Force Ultra for a light orange:

 

Or The Sexy Brutale (definitely the easiest of the three) for either pink or orange:

 

[Jeanolt]

I'll join NO MATTER WHAT because it's always important to donate and raise awareness to really important topics. We are lost in the mundane of the political discussions (or game discussions) instead of what really matters.

 

I'll also donate 5$ for my games once the event ends, whether if I complete them or not. I hope many people can help too if they are able to do it.

 

Thanks once again Grave for hosting the event despite your responsabilites as a mod. The banner looks actually nice that way lol.

[VersusCA]

I'll join for this. Already have October kind of planned out, think some stuff will count but not a huge amount... but I'll definitely hit this hard in November!

[HaserPL]

Jokes aside, I have tritanopia, and judging between what is pink and what is orange is literally impossible for me lol (with just the color, not when they are explicitly named somehow). 

[Hisuiryu]

Definitely will be joining in, hunting trophies for a good cause - what's not to love? I happen to have a few games lined up already that I think will count but will wait for the final details to see if they're up to standard!

 

1 hour ago, HaserPL said:

Jokes aside, I have tritanopia, and judging between what is pink and what is orange is literally impossible for me lol (with just the color, not when they are explicitly named somehow). 

First time I read that as trypophobia and was very confused why that would cause a problem! But that aside I'm sure people will help you out if you need help with the colours (myself included!) 

Edited September 28, 2023 by Hisuiryu

[Redblaziken8]

Definitely joining again for this one, great cause and it was a really fun event last year!

[ConAir]

3 hours ago, HaserPL said:

Jokes aside, I have tritanopia, and judging between what is pink and what is orange is literally impossible for me lol (with just the color, not when they are explicitly named somehow). 

 

Maybe we can make a list of suggestions of games to help the people that can't see the colors. I can leave suggestions later today.

 

Overall, very neat idea. I think I can fit this in my schedule.

 

Question: just new games or are games below a certain percentage also welcome?

[DrBloodmoney]

I'm In!

 

I have literally no idea what I'll play (and somehow completely shot myself in the foot by completing a litany of Orange games in the past month ....)

...but I'm sure something will come along!

[AffectatiousDonk]

I would like to join as well, thanks for organizing this event, a very important cause.

[Beyondthegrave07]

6 hours ago, HaserPL said:

Jokes aside, I have tritanopia, and judging between what is pink and what is orange is literally impossible for me lol (with just the color, not when they are explicitly named somehow). 

Would it help if I listed games that will work in the OP and add them to the OP during the event as people finish?

 

My first thought would be to list games available on PS+ extra/premium, would this be helpful?

 

Seriously, I don't mind helping you or anyone else with this. 

[Starrk_01]

9 hours ago, Platinum_Vice said:

It's great to see this running again. I was hoping for it and have set aside some orange games! 

 

If anyone would like some colour suggestions, I recommend:

 

Inscryption for a dark pink: 

 

Super Time Force Ultra for a light orange:

 

Or The Sexy Brutale (definitely the easiest of the three) for either pink or orange:

 

Already starting off strong with some judgments. @Beyondthegrave07 is still figuring out how to word some of the rules but I've already talked to him about these (specifically the first one).

 

No to the first one, yes to the other two for the colors you mentioned.

 

Also like @Beyondthegrave07 I'll be matching his donation. We will see if I regret that later 😅

[DrBloodmoney]

8 hours ago, HaserPL said:

Jokes aside, I have tritanopia, and judging between what is pink and what is orange is literally impossible for me lol (with just the color, not when they are explicitly named somehow). 

 

There's another forum event run by some scummy douche-bag asshole, that has been going all year - called the Kaleidoscope Event - and that uses the colour of the game images as its theme - and both Orange and Pink are categories in that one.

 

If anyone is looking for inspiration, having a quick peruse of some of the entries used for that would be a decent starting point - in particular, this post HERE, is a summary one from last month, showing all the completed cards so far, so there are quite a few different pink and orange games shown.

 

I will say - that joker who runs that other event is a bit more lenient about colour matching...

...so if it's a borderline one, you might still want to get the a-okay from @Beyondthegrave07, just to be sure though!

Edited September 28, 2023 by DrBloodmoney

[SPGX6]

I would love to join this event too. Gives me a reason to get some platinums popping.

I'll be sure to pop back and drop an update when I've completed one. Thanks! 

 

[Beyondthegrave07]

5 hours ago, ConAir said:

 

Maybe we can make a list of suggestions of games to help the people that can't see the colors. I can leave suggestions later today.

 

Overall, very neat idea. I think I can fit this in my schedule.

 

Question: just new games or are games below a certain percentage also welcome?

- Below 80% rarity

-No DLC only

- Game must be 2 weeks before counting. 

-100% base game only is OK 

 

Right now we are establishing some base rules:

 

This is what we are thinking right now:

 

1. 5 second rule - if it takes longer than 5 seconds to make a decision on the color, it doesn't count (so the more obvious, the better).

 

Example:

 

Is that pink or light red in the background? Idk, and even looking at it it's hard for me to say since everything else is so red so this is a no from me.

 

 

2. No zoom needed - If you have to zoom in to see it, it doesn't count.

 

Example:

 

 

The pink on it is really insignificant and when viewing a profile, it's not easy to see with the naked eye. Doesn't count this time, sorry.

 

3. No lips or mouth only - people were quite cheeky in the past with this one and would use human lips or inside of a mouth as the "pink" color. Unless if the mouth or lips are a focal point, it will not count this time. So many people did this in the past and were really getting away from the spirit of the event.

 

Examples:

 

 

 

 

And before people get too hung up on this, I used these examples and invalidated games I am currently playing or could use. I'm not doing it to be an asshole, I promise. Quite the opposite, I want it to be easier for you to choose games without everything being questioned or feeling unsure about your picks. Also, don't want to fry my brain trying to decide either so I'm taking a very simplistic approach to it to streamline decision making 

 

 

Though, as long as it's visible and easy to see, you shouldn't have any issues. See the below examples that would still work. 

 

 

Killzone is easily still orange and even though the rest is gray, still counts.

 

Yellow-y orange,  but the left side is orange enough. It counts.

 

 

Not a whole lot of orange there, but it's easy enough to spot. It counts.

 

Not a lot of pink, but that Donut is definitely pink as it could be. Counts.

 

 

 

I will add this to the OP later,  but this is my idea so far.

 

Edited September 28, 2023 by Beyondthegrave07

[SPGX6]

I've got a pink in:

 

But would this count for orange?

 

 

 

[Beyondthegrave07]

3 minutes ago, SPGX6 said:

I've got a pink in:

 

But would this count for orange?

 

 

 

Absolutely. The cloud of smoke is definitely orange. Determined that within 5 seconds. EZPZ!

[GT__Jedi]

Oh, yea. Sign me up again!  Fantastic event, as always, and for a great cause.

 

Where were you yesterday when I finished a PINK game?  

[GuitaristZag]

You already know I'm in!!

[rjkclarke]

Count me in again! It’s been such a fantastic event the last few times and I have no doubt it will be again.  It is  for such an amazing cause too! 

[pelagia14]

I'll be participating as well! 

[Vulpine9Tails]

I'm in. I'm sure I still have a bunch of orange games to do (hopefully). 

 

Edit: I have a ton of orange and even a couple pink. I'm good to go!

Edited September 28, 2023 by Vulpine9Tails

[Berendsapje]

Count me in. Gonna have to look if I even have anything but we'll get to that later.

[graphic_violins8]

I'm here for this!  Down with cancer!  I'll have to pick through my games and see what I have but I feel good I at least have one or two.

[viech54]

No idea what I'll play the next two months that would be eligible for this event, but it's a good cause, so I'm in and I'll see what I can contribute to this.