Your Next Game - The Lottery 3 (event closed)

[DistantFox]

It's been really cool seeing people progress with their games. I'm sorry if I didn't contribute enough, but I got really bored with my game. I hope other people had fun

[Cassiopria]

Its are my new game with Christmas

this was my big gift 

[Hemiak]

Its are my new game with Christmas

this was my big gift 

No Fallout 4?!?! WEVE BEEN MISLEAD! Grab the pitchforks.

[kittyxiii]

I managed to get 2 more trophies in FFX on Christmas (learning the Jecht shot and buying everything at the Luca sphere theatre respectively), took one more look at the trophy list, realised that I couldn't do anything until I completed blitzball/got all the overdrives and Aeons which means defeating the dark Aeons who have ~800,000 HP and do 99,999 damage with each attack which meant tonnes of grinding, decided to start Murdered: Soul Suspect because I needed to give myself an FFX break so I can get reinvigorated and begin playing with enthusiasm

 

I was going to have M: SS complete yesterday but Ray/Brownman had one of his Mario Kart tournaments and that took a while to complete so I'll probably complete M: SS today and then I'll begin training myself to get better working on blitzball (and figuring out how to recruit people) when that's complete. I can easily see myself going over 100 hours by the time I get even remotely close the platinum

 

Belated happy holidays everyone!

[Cassiopria]

No Fallout 4?!?! WEVE BEEN MISLEAD! Grab the pitchforks.

I ask my Hubby for that game but he bought Star Wars Battlefront He bought 2 off the same game to play with me ! So Yeah sorry Guys i did not play game what i need to play !!! I hope you guys have fun with game what you need to play 

[Mendant909]

Finally off for Christmas break - I'm so excited to get stuck back into FFX! Well, for now anyway

And now it's time for "Kitty Replies To Things And Unintentionally Types Waaaaaay Too Much"! Because I've started a trend with my posts being really long I'll try not a write an essay this time haha. It also just hit me that I can place everything under a spoiler so that I'm not clogging up the feed, so I'll be doing that from now on

 

I have no idea where you gathered that information from... really, you don't want to know what the blood and soul part means    

It's good to see that despite your feelings towards the game you're still trucking along the sooner you complete it the sooner you can forget about it!

 

 

Thank you!! And that sucks to be honest haha, I don't think I'll be getting that one for a long time as I've been backtracking I've been coming across more of them and they're so bittersweet once you learn about what happened. The gems I were referring to are found in different areas but mostly against walls and such - I'm not very good at describing things so I took a printscreen in my game (ignoring the trademarks and such ):

 

I've realised that I probably missed a primer in Home (I know for sure I got the one after the wedding and such but I wasn't counting any of the primers while I was going through Home ) so I'll probably have to do another playthrough and make sure that I get them. I can see myself having to start a new game and keeping track of everything I have tbh Also, I feel like I don't use Lulu enough since her spells aren't too strong, I've been making sure to cycle through her, Rikku and Yuna before each battle and put them on defend so they can earn the experience but I'm not sure how long it'll be until I begin to use her more frequently.

There are some hypothetical conditions that are ridiculous - while I was writing the DW8 guide I was replaying levels on beginner and I almost failed the condition in Wei's 'Battle of Xia Province' (I think) where the officer who slayed Cao Cao's father is retreating and you have to defeat him before he can, I basically reached him a few seconds before he left the field - it's one of the most annoying ones to do on the higher difficulties. I'm sure you'll be fine though! If you're stuck I can try to help. Also, unless you have to defeat Lu Bu in any Chaos mode battles don't go near him, it'll be your safest bet - or have a high levelled/OP/5 star or better weapon on a character and you'll be sweet. I'll continue with more advice after the next quote since you brought some things up there

 

 

Steely heart was my last skill - I managed to get most of the others levelled up pretty quickly while playing normally and completing the chaos mode battles, and you'll more than likely get 100k kills by the time ambition mode is complete, I think by the time I platinumed the game I had 500,000+k in kills, but that count also included me playing the game for fun as for ambition mode, unless you go for the tougher difficulties when fighting battles you'll be grand. The only problem you'll have is unlocking the harrier (an animal you get by essentially 100%ing ambition mode and reaching rank 50 for all the buildings) and getting the war elephant (unlocked by completing 100 straight battles in ambition mode, but the difficulty increases until you hit battle 25 and then it caps out so it's recommended to play on beginner with one of your strongest characters). It's not difficult, just tedious because of the amount of hours you'll probably sink into it haha. I also can't remember where you mentioned the Other section of story mode but once you complete all of the historical and hypothetical battles you'll unlock them all so you don't need to worry about them. I swear I'm done now

 

I had no clue that existed - thanks for the link!! I'll be sure to read it when I can.

Also, I totally agree with you about Sly 2 - out of the trilogy it was probably my favourite. It was a lot more fun to play (and personally less aggravating to complete, I don't want to relive fighting Clockwerk in the first game ).

 

 

I really like the story for FFX and I enjoy the battles that I partake in. I'm just losing the will to continue fighting the same enemies repeatedly in the hope that I unlock the occasional spot in my character's sphere grids and the rare lvl. 3 unlock sphere that pops up - if I'm like this now, I have no idea how I'll be when it comes to 100%ing all 7 grids other than my lack of patience it's a fantastic game!

 

Normally I would place my progress in FFX here, buuuuut I loathe to admit I haven't played it in a few days I was planning to continue the grind yesterday but Tales of Symphonia took a lot longer than I had thought because I kept getting lost but now that I'm off for winter break I can focus on getting further. It's a bit disheartening to realise that I've been sitting on 8/34 trophies (a cool 12%) for over a week now and I don't see myself getting any more until I progress a bit further which is to be expected, but I miss hearing the sound of a trophy popping up in my notifications more than I thought I would once I finish moving things from my Vita to my laptop I'll be loading up FFX once more and continuing to level everyone up. I hope everyone's doing well and enjoying what they're playing!

Crud, I don't remember that much about the Primers being used for that, sorry about that. I would try the passwords just in case but it does seem like you'll need a second playthrough for that trophy. In terms of experience there is a glitch that could help you out depending on how strong your Auron is. It involves a Don Tonberry and a bit of weapon grinding so here's a link that should be a bit helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0a8FFZ8Kg/

Unfortunately he doesn't give a full detail on everything but hopefully it could be a beginner's guide on leveling up.

 

I did manage to finish up the Wu story and I felt that it was the weakest of the three main stories despite the variety of level design. My main gripe would be that Wu feels like a third-wheel in the events and mainly reacts rather than take an action first. Another problem can be that their leaders keep dying and it makes me question how they managed to last compared to Wei and Shu. I've been trying to do the hypothetical conditions for the Wu campaign since it seems easy but I keep getting frustrated with the stealth level. I'll focus on the story campaigns and the game next year as I've been trying to finish my revised list for the PRD event, Zestria being the focus of Plat #100, and playing a few Lego games with my sis while it's the holidays. I did manage to play the Ambition mode and I suck at that right now. I barely managed to do five battles before getting defeated on the sixth on normal mode. I guess I'll try again after finishing the campaigns but I did manage to unlock a wolf, kinda wish it was the eagle. Ambition mode is pretty cool as there is a strategy on whether to focus on gaining allies, fame, and materials while also giving a risk on how difficult you want the battles to be. Heck, I managed to get Steely Heart to Lvl. 7 and aside from that skill I have three others at Lvl. 8 while the rest are at Lvl. 10+, so I'm pretty confident for that trophy.

 

So I think I was a bit too overpowered because that was really easy, but I completed the game and watched Eternal Calm! 

 

I've no idea how I'll deal with the trophies left (honestly half of them I have no clue how to achieve, I need to properly look through the trophy guide now that I know I won't be spoiled ) and while I don't think I'll achieve the plat before this lottery ends (I can't believe it's the last week already - time flies when you're having fun ) I'll try to knock off as many trophies as I can as I now have 11/34 (25%). Thanks again to Mendant909 for the game, it's an absolute treat to play

Congrats on finishing the game and good luck with completing the game if you try. Thanks for enjoying the game as I had a blast with Dynasty Warriors 8 as well and hopefully I'll be done with that for a future PRD event. I also decided to buy DW8: Xtreme Legends and maybe I'll be able to start that a year from now.

 

Sorry for the late replies as I've been watching some anime: the first Digimon Tri film, Eden of the East and Ghost Stories, while my Christmas gifts Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt and Serial Experiments Lain will be watched in the upcoming days. I hate to say it but I wouldn't call the film good as it felt more like one of the Hollywood films that are split into two parts like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; I was more expecting a series of films with their own self-contained stories with plot points carried on through future films, like the previous Harry Potter films. In terms of episodes, though, I thought that we got a good episode on how the human characters are doing, a bad episode that was mainly battle scenes against Champion Digimon, another good episode on the consequences of the battle and some shipping fodder, and a meh last episode that gave us a fight against the main bad guy without knowing why he's doing what he's doing, and a twist that has potential for the future. To my dismay the second season is still canon and the film still suffers from my main gripe with ongoing series like this: power creep. The team has Mega and Ultra Digimon so I don't see how the enemies can be a threat unless the enemies get a Super Mega mode and then the characters have to find another possible way to get stronger or if the team suffers a Samus Aran and lose their powers from the start, which the second season did poorly. I can't go further on my thoughts of the film as it would be going into spoilers and even then not much was revealed on the first film.

 

Hopefully everyone had a safe holiday and despite the event coming to an end soon perhaps most of us had fun playing the games assigned to us and will continue to be entertained in 2016.

[effdeegee]

Well, I've been sitting here for hours, reading over the last 506 posts, sucking on the nipples of nostalgia like some prepubescent dairy fanboy, wondering about things like;

1. How should I announce the end of this installment?

2. How should I announce the winners?

3. Should I do another installment?

4. Should I be concerned that I have tonnes of long nostril hairs, even if they all continue to fall out rather frequently during my pick-o-paloozas?

So, I decided to just drop right into it, without much regard to form and function (didn't even notice, right?) and start by at least opening the floodgates a tiny bit.

I think I'll go about this in a manner I've not yet used before. Instead of the previously used "you've all humoured and old man and his idea for a better community... hugs and kisses and squishy noises.. blah blah blah", I'll instead opt to give each participant a proper report card BEFORE getting all mushy and smushy.

1. Boooda - What can I say? MVP of the event? Label you "The Perenial Perfect Posturing ParticiPant with the Prince of Persia Project Platinum"? *wipes food particles from Boooda's face

Before you get on your knees and open your cake hole, I should say you didn't win anything; but I felt like your efforts deserved some kind of "most honourable of honourable mentions". Like, if you're ever on the East coast, I'd gladly buy you a beer and gargle your jiggly bits for being so awesome. I'd give you $10 or something, but I doubt it would help much, considering you're already a Canadian with a gagillion trophies and own every game in the cosmos, amirite? It'd be like chucking a penny into the Atlantic Ocean of awesomeness.

2. cybershark - Hello? HELLO?! Anyone seen cyber around?

cyberdude, whatten zie fricken shitenhauser m8?

I'm glad you could zip through town for a week, before grabbing your and peeling out like a Lamborghini that's late for his own wedding. I think the rubber marks are so black, they're still visible through the snow.

3. ryansvader - Pretty consistent little American aren't we, now? Even when your Let's Play game turned a tad poopy, you still stuck around for the conversation and made sure a brother didn't die of loneliness, didn't you? Through the busiest parts of the holiday season, nonetheless. The icing on the cake was having your cutie patootie demon avatar go all festive and stuff. I think Santa might have a gift in his sack for you... wait... that sounded really gross for a sec...

4. Cassiopria - oh geez... I guess I can sum it up like this:

- When you joined:

- When you didn't play and became absent:

- When the event ended:

I guess it's a good thing that you've been wearing an officially licensed "FDG Inc. I can do no wrong" bulletproof vest for the last 3 years, eh? It's Christmas, you've got a home, a hubby, a baby and a new job; you could have honestly just shown up, said "Hey, fellas!" and walked out and it would still have been one of the highlights of the event for me.

P.S. Now, I'm really gonna kick your bum in the year long platinum count race.

5. kittyxiii - *clears his throat and does his best, spot on, hilariously cliche'd Irish accent

ooohhh God love ya', dear. Bless your little heart.

You've been such a delight for this event. From getting a big kick in the bumski right out of the gate, by having your game messed up and emotions tugged at like the strings of a marionette doll, to taking it like a champ, to just plain ol' being lovely and engaging with everyone during the whole event; if I could, I'd give you a big basket of Irish Spring soap and Lucky Charms cereal and whiskey and stuff. You might have to make due with something else instead, though.

6. Mendant909 - The master of the massive quote followed by their own response with a short novel!

If there was an award for longest posts (efforts, some of which made the bible look like a fortune cookie slip), you would be on the podium for sure. My only gripe is that it was like you were really only ever speaking to one person amongst the group of 9.

You had the most steady and consistent thread posts and trophies earned, but it all came off as the properly dressed writer, standing with a lone friend, in the corner by the bookshelf and just talking about a specific article, while everyone else was getting drunk and playing Twister. Everyone kept saying, "Who's that?" but would only be met with, "I dunno... right hand red."

7. Melanogaster1987 - The second half of the Steady Eddie M twins, only with a pinch more engagement and bold font presentation.

The posts were regularly released, short, sweet and succinct and I found myself actually glued to your game progress. I alway wanted to know about how hard the levels were, or who died and how you were getting a handle on climbing the block puzzles. Throw in one of the coolest and memorable avatars and ol' effy boy surely gives a swift salute!

Sheesh... can I fit anymore S words in this post? Sure. Ask Boooda how to deal with cleaning your face off, btw.

8. chubaqc - Congrats. You're the reason why I recently sat down and seriously contemplated taking the advice of several members about implementing a minimum post count to join so, even though you only had 1 of the last 192+ posts, you still managed to be memorable at the finish line.

9. EpicNogg4 - A bit of an anomaly, really. You started to show major signs of flaking out in the new forums; joining too many events and being spread so thin that you failed to participate in almost all of them. After a while, I dubbed it to coming off as more of a HcG-_Clawz syndrome and, even though the pattern was clearly continuing with this event, I guess all of that was blown to hell when you became the epitome of a strong finish. Like 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war, or Superman ejaculating like a shotgun blast and blowing a hole through Lois' back, kind of strong finisher.

The only problem with it was; it was more like a bunch of kids playing hockey on a nearby frozen pond and, after 55 minutes and the score tied 1-1, one of the kids opens his gym bag and Jesus friggin' Christ hops out and scores 31 goals by himself in the last 5 minutes, to win the game 32-1. Sure, it was a spectacle to see but, where the hell was he for the first 55 minutes?

Had you played that intensely for the duration of this event, I would have seriously considered making a shrine in my apartment with cans of Fosters, stuffed kangaroos and crocodiles and pictures of Harley Quinn and stuff.

10. effdeegee - Although you were by far the most strong, strikingly handsome, personable, funny and intelligent specimen that could have possibly taken part in this event...

Why thank you.

... you ended up coming off as a lonely, whiny little biotch, with all of your "boo hoo, where is everyone?" and "wah wah, nobody is talking" and "woe is me, I never met my Father." Good Lord, man, sack it up.

If it wasn't for all of your phenomenal, side-splittingly hilarious and entertaining posts,... wait... it appears I've lost my train of thought. What was I saying? Handsome... best posts... um...

Right. Well done, indeed. Gold star for you.

butt seriously folks...

I guess I'll get right down to the big, anti-climactic prizes.

I've decided, for the sake of efficiency, to forego any RNG wankery and PayPal cash transfers, complete with currency exchange rate headaches, and just award a PSNProfiles lifetime premium membership upgrade each to:

- ryansvader

- kittyxiii

- Melanogaster1987

So, woohoo and such to the winners for their new fancy schmancy names and trophy cabinets and perks!!! I'll make the changes in a couple of days so, hang tight and I'll send you a message when it's good to go.

Now, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each person that participated in this event, both players and loyal viewers, for giving us all another couple of months of entertainment and conversation and, absolutely most importantly, inflating an old fart's undeserving ego another little bit.

I'm only kidding.

It truly is a humbling experience to make one of these things solely for the sake of spreading some love, and then seeing that, week after week, it's always at the top of the forum page, with the most amount of views and responses and never drops off until we all give each other a smooch farewell and a pinch on the bum as we turn away to leave.

I honestly considered stopping this event, now that the love has spread and spawned several bazillion other events (some with dangerously, trademark and copyright-infringingly close names *coughSpinTheWheelcoughCasinocough*) buuut...

For those that have been wondering, I think I will stretch this event thing a little bit further. If this train derails on our way from Trilogyville to Saga Town, then we're all gonna burn to the mumbling tune of, "Yeah, one more couldn't hurt much. Why not, eh?"

So, I guess you might wanna keep an eye on this part of town around February 15th, 2016.

Thanks again, folks. I really appreciated it all and I hope everyone had fun.

Edited February 12, 2016 by effdeegee

[EpicNogg4]

Thanks for this Effdeegee, even though I didn't win anything I still had a blast, can't wait to watch everyone in the next installment and see how they do. Wish you luck mate with your future comps

Now let me go back to my comp with 13 replies in 8 hours ....

[DJROE95]

Although I'm far to wimpy to compete I have really enjoyed reading how everyone has progressed with their games this time around! I shall look forward to stalking from the shadows in February, and a big congrats to everyone who took part

[AffectatiousDonk]

Ohh Eff you really out did yourself on this post. I really appreciate the wit and black humor. The careful reflection and analysis that went into that response explains why you had no time to make progress on your game

Congrats on another great event....... Such a shame you won't be joining us in the invitational league in 2016, I am sure we would have had a few laughs

Edited December 29, 2015 by cjshaitan

[Edunstar84]

Ah, it's over already? *sad face* But what a cool way to end the event. Congrats to the winners!!

[Thoazol]

Poor Tearaway. Picked twice with the power of RNG and it still went unplayed throughout the event.

[Couch]

Congrats to all the participants and winners of this installment.....Looking forward to some more laughs next time

[DistantFox]

While my game was a little trash tier, it was awesome to read all the posts from everyone, especially from you eff   Thanks in advance for the premium, and I'll be sure to lurk around the next installment!

Also, did anyone enjoy the Effdeegee cameo in my poem?

Edited December 29, 2015 by ryansvader

[Maftet]

Yay, well done everyone.

Even though I wasn't a participant, I feel like I was here in spirit.

I still haven't been able to help Epic with his Armello trophy unfortunately as I think the time differences are somewhat awkward.

[Cassiopria]

4. Cassiopria - oh geez... I guess I can sum it up like this:

- When you joined:

- When you didn't play and became absent:

- When the event ended:

I guess it's a good thing that you've been wearing an officially licensed "FDG Inc. I can do no wrong" bulletproof vest for the last 3 years, eh? It's Christmas, you've got a home, a hubby, a baby and a new job; you could have honestly just shown up, said "Hey, fellas!" and walked out and it would still have been one of the highlights of the event for me.

P.S. Now, I'm really gonna kick your bum in the year long platinum count race.

 , thank you for the event Eff and congrats to the winners!! I can't not wait till next year Eff !!! 

than i go kick your but good Sir!!!  

It will be fun have a event with you Eff.   

Edited July 15, 2016 by Cassiopria

[Melanogaster1987]

Thank you very much for running this and thanks in advance for the premium membership, effdeegee! It's been so much fun following this thread for the last month and a half. I'm so happy that this won't be the final instalment of the lottery - I may not be eligible to participate next time, but I'm sure to be closely following the next thread come February 15th.

 

As for my avatar; it's one of the trophy images from Fuel - glad you like it!

[kittyxiii]

*snip!*

I started to go on a search for the primers after completing the game and I realised that some of them were blocked off by the dark aeons but I think that I've managed to collect all of the other primers (although I still have a feeling that I left one in Home) so I'm hoping that I'll be okay I saw some mention of the Don Thornberry method but I didn't really understand it so I might do the tetra armour/door to tomorrow method so I can get myself more teleport spheres to complete the grid asap but I'll look into the other way more, thanks for the video!!

 

Yeah I completely agree about Wu, I feel like if there was no Liu Bei/Sun Shangxiang marriage they would be completely overshadowed by Wei and Shu, but even then Jin sort of overshadows them all good luck on the PRD event and I hope you enjoy Zesteria!! I bought the collectors edition when I don't own a PS4 so it's been sitting on my shelf for a while now I always get a bit jealous when others start playing it haha

I struggled really bad in the succession battles and would only be able to make it to 20-ish on beginner mode until I poured some gold into the Academy and levelled Yuanji to about 75/80 and it was a bit better. I'm hoping to get 8XL soon (especially since you can upload your save on 8 and use it as your base save in 8XL which makes things waaaay easier ) but I hope you enjoy that too!!

 

I'm of the same opinion of Tri - like I enjoyed it but it feels like it's the sort of thing where you need to wait the 2-3 years for all 6 movies to be released and then marathon them all to get enjoyment out of it. I'm still looking forward to 2 when it comes out in March, but I might have to rewatch the movie to remember everything that happened

 

I hope you enjoy the rest of 8 when you get to it, and thanks again for FFX!

 

...

5. kittyxiii - *clears his throat and does his best, spot on, hilariously cliche'd Irish accent

ooohhh God love ya', dear. Bless your little heart.

You've been such a delight for this event. From getting a big kick in the bumski right out of the gate, by having your game messed up and emotions tugged at like the strings of a marionette doll, to taking it like a champ, to just plain ol' being lovely and engaging with everyone during the whole event; if I could, I'd give you a big basket of Irish Spring soap and Lucky Charms cereal and whiskey and stuff. You might have to make due with something else instead, though.

...

I've decided, for the sake of efficiency, to forego any RNG wankery and PayPal cash transfers, complete with currency exchange rate headaches, and just award a PSNProfiles lifetime premium membership upgrade each to:

- ryansvader

- kittyxiii

- Melanogaster1987

 

Oh eff, you flatter me so I think that's the first positive report card I've ever received! Switch out the whisky for some poptarts and that basket you mentioned would be welcomed with open arms

 

Thank you so much for putting on this event and in advance for the premium, while I can't partake in the next one I'll be lurking and waiting for #5

Congrats to all of the other winners and participants!! 

[Hemiak]

Great event again mate. Sorry for the late response, I've been totally afk for he last couple days doing the whole family thing. Can't wait to watch FDGSLT part 4 next year. Props to everybody who put in serious effort and I hope you all continue with your games.

Kitty, if you have any questions about FFX feel free to ask.

Melano, same about Catherine man, great game and I love to help people out with it.

[Boooda]

What a finale of a post Eff, had to wipe away a few tears from laughing so hard. Sad that I wasnt as active here as I'd like to have been the past week and a half or so. Im not sure if it was just the crushing shame of having beaten like 15 games before Okami, or that I just simply couldnt be asked to go on this site during the holidays I've not found much time to be extremely active on the forum as a whole, let alone this thread. 

 

But dont get me wrong, ive been peeking in and seeing peoples progress and Im happy for them! Shame that I didnt win anything, but I honestly wouldnt have had much need for any prizes anyways, it was fun enough being a part of this and it really came together in the end, even if it seemed like me and Eff were carrying it the first few weeks I promise I will do Okami, one day. The biggest goal for me now trophy wise is getting this disgustingly low 64% completion rate up to something a little more respectable like 75%. But since I've played like 500+ games, its a bit of an ask. 

 

But I digress. I'll definitely be keeping a watchful eye on the next event. Its a great way to see not only new people, but their gaming habits and to an extent, their daily routine of gaming. Maybe we'll see some new rules implemented, or maybe it'll be the exact same format, it really doesnt matter in the end as long as everyone has a good time. Its worth showing up just for your posts Eff lol. 

 

Anyways, congrats to the winners, enjoy your new gold "Premium Member" status. And hope everyone involved has a great 2016  

[Mendant909]

6. Mendant909 - The master of the massive quote followed by their own response with a short novel!

If there was an award for longest posts (efforts, some of which made the bible look like a fortune cookie slip), you would be on the podium for sure. My only gripe is that it was like you were really only ever speaking to one person amongst the group of 9.

You had the most steady and consistent thread posts and trophies earned, but it all came off as the properly dressed writer, standing with a lone friend, in the corner by the bookshelf and just talking about a specific article, while everyone else was getting drunk and playing Twister. Everyone kept saying, "Who's that?" but would only be met with, "I dunno... right hand red."

 

Sorry about that and you hit the bullseye on regards to the length of my posts, my conversation partners (or rather lack of), and style of speech. You aren't far off with the writer part as I'm aiming for an English major and I do like explaining as to why I think a certain way on topics. As for talking with others: I've been decimating the premise of Freedom Wars on the current We Play (which I have to remember to post for the second discussion), I love Okami but there wasn't much progress on that front as Booda hasn't finished the first dungeon from what I see, Catherine is pretty meh for me and the story pisses me more off than impresses, and I'll have to play Lords of Shadow one day to see how it sucks as a spectacle fighter based on your posts. FFX was pretty much it for me as I do love that game and I was trying to aide kitty in enjoying it more than being frustrated; that or I could have asked a boring conversation starter like how the [insert sports team that I don't care about] is doing? This is already turning out to be one of usual long posts so I guess I could say it's more on the scale of an epic like Beowulf or Paradise Lost and of course I wouldn't play drunken twister; I don't enjoy drinking alcohol because it mainly smells like piss even if it's masked with fruit scents. Anyhow, thanks FDG for setting up the event and maybe the streaks of Tearaway being unplayed and people flaking will be broken in the next event.

 

I started to go on a search for the primers after completing the game and I realised that some of them were blocked off by the dark aeons but I think that I've managed to collect all of the other primers (although I still have a feeling that I left one in Home) so I'm hoping that I'll be okay I saw some mention of the Don Thornberry method but I didn't really understand it so I might do the tetra armour/door to tomorrow method so I can get myself more teleport spheres to complete the grid asap but I'll look into the other way more, thanks for the video!!

 

Yeah I completely agree about Wu, I feel like if there was no Liu Bei/Sun Shangxiang marriage they would be completely overshadowed by Wei and Shu, but even then Jin sort of overshadows them all good luck on the PRD event and I hope you enjoy Zesteria!! I bought the collectors edition when I don't own a PS4 so it's been sitting on my shelf for a while now I always get a bit jealous when others start playing it haha

I struggled really bad in the succession battles and would only be able to make it to 20-ish on beginner mode until I poured some gold into the Academy and levelled Yuanji to about 75/80 and it was a bit better. I'm hoping to get 8XL soon (especially since you can upload your save on 8 and use it as your base save in 8XL which makes things waaaay easier ) but I hope you enjoy that too!!

 

I'm of the same opinion of Tri - like I enjoyed it but it feels like it's the sort of thing where you need to wait the 2-3 years for all 6 movies to be released and then marathon them all to get enjoyment out of it. I'm still looking forward to 2 when it comes out in March, but I might have to rewatch the movie to remember everything that happened

 

I hope you enjoy the rest of 8 when you get to it, and thanks again for FFX!

 

 

Oh eff, you flatter me so I think that's the first positive report card I've ever received! Switch out the whisky for some poptarts and that basket you mentioned would be welcomed with open arms

 

Thank you so much for putting on this event and in advance for the premium, while I can't partake in the next one I'll be lurking and waiting for #5

Congrats to all of the other winners and participants!! 

In regards to the Primers only XIX through XXII are missable and any that are acquired can be seen in the Key Items list. As for those behind Dark Aeons, hmm, use Yojimbo's Zanmato after making him more friendly and thus cheaper to negotiate. As long as he's happy about his payment and doesn't die his affinity will rise but it can be another grind. I haven't heard the Tetra Armour method but I could look into that, thanks for the heads up. Sorry about that and hopefully Zestiria will be good as I mainly heard talks about the Alisha DLC rather than the quality of the game itself. I'm playing as Yueying for the time being and I managed to get her up ten levels in a short time, but finishing the Jin story would be best since it starts at the end of the Shu story and I might be able to unlock Yuanji and see how good she is. Good luck with Xtreme Legends as it seems it should be easier with your DW8 save and more luck with completing FFX, maybe you'll beat it before I do. I'll continue using the guide you published and thanks for the help and once again for suggesting Dynasty Warriors 8, a good counterpoint to games like Hyperdevotion Noire and Freedom Wars. I would unfortunately recommend to either watch the second season of Digimon or a cliffnotes version of it, as based on the beginning of the film, we'll learn the fates of those DigiDestined and I'll be wondering as to where's Wormmon, one of the few characters I did like in that season. Let's remember as to when the second film comes out when it does and maybe this time it'll actually give us a clue as to what the ongoing plot will be.

Edited December 30, 2015 by Mendant909

[effdeegee]

It may seem like a foolish thing but, even though this event is pretty much officially closed, it's New Year's Eve and my Game A Day! event starts in less than a day, I'm actually still just puttering away with my Lottery game, Castlevania Lords of Shadow. I even managed to scoop up a couple of trophies over the last day or so.

Chapter VIII

Aquire the power of the second Dark Lord

Edited December 31, 2015 by effdeegee

[effdeegee]

Hey, there.

Just stopping by to say a big welcome to our newest lifetime premium members ryansvader, kittyxiii and Melanogaster1987.

Enoy the new perks, folks!

The winners have been issued their prizes and this officially wraps up another installment of The Lottery. Thanks to everyone that participated and we'll see you again on February 15th!

Edited January 8, 2016 by effdeegee

[DistantFox]

Thanks so much Eff! It's been awesome. I can't wait to see what happens on the next installment

[kittyxiii]

Thank you eff, and congrats to the other winners!!

I'll be looking forward to seeing what Lottery 5 brings to the table

Edit: apparently I'm so excited about the lottery I'm thinking about one that isn't happening for another while - I meant to say I'm excited for lottery 4

Edited January 9, 2016 by kittyxiii