The Great Australian Trophy Hunt - Season 1

[TheWayne-o]

 

G’day mate!

 

Welcome to the Great Australian Trophy Hunt Season 1. Basically it's a competition for Australian members of the PSNP community that spans a full year as a 'season'. Points will be awarded at specific intervals throughout the season (some monthly and some less frequently, see below for a full breakdown of proposed categories) and the member who has accumulated the most points at the end of the season is declared the winner. The top 3 will receive a custom trophy for their signature and more importantly, bragging rights! 

 

The competition will begin at 12:00am 2nd January 2016 and end 11:59pm 30th December 2016. The cut-off for beginning stats will be 11:59pm 30^th December 2015, any trophies earned between this time and the commencement of the competition on 12:00am 2^nd January 2016 will not be counted!

 

Scores will be updated a few days into each month, however the stats used to earn points will have a cut-off at the end of each month (i.e the first update will be in early February but only stats until 11:59pm 31st January will be considered for scoring points). This allows people some time to update their profile ready for score updates.

 

To be eligible to enter you must: be Australian, disclose hidden trophies (if applicable) and only have one player using your PSN ID (this will be tough to prove so as long as you don't have something like 500 games earning 7 trophies each day consistently then you should be okay). Contestants with hidden trophies should PM me with a list of trophies they have hidden (i.e. 4 x bronze and 1 x silver for game X). If the number of hidden trophies changes during the course of the competition then the contestant will be disqualified from the completion and rarity categories, any points earned from these categories to date will be stripped and a review will take place so the points can be re-allocated.

 

Scoring:

There are a total of 10 categories that will earn the contestants points, as mentioned above some will awarded monthly and others less frequently. I also thought that it'd be interesting if the last 3 months were 'blind rounds', i.e. the scores will be updated with ?s for October, November and December with a big end of season reveal of the final standings and crowning of champion(s). In the event of a tie (where possible) for scoring positions, all contestants that tie for the position will be awarded points associated with that position (i.e 3 people can be awarded 1st place in that category and so on). Games that have multiple trophy lists can be used to earn points with the exception of games that auto-pop trophies from save data of other versions. Anybody that is found to be hacking/cheating will be disqualified and removed from the competition. Contestants can sign up at any time, however they will only be added in at the next update and will receive a score of 0 for all previous updates. The contestant with the highest points tally after adding up all the points earned from the below categories will be declared the champion. Anyway, here are the 10 ways to score points:

• Bronze Trophies = at the end of each month points will be awarded to the 3 contestants that earned the highest number of bronze trophies for that month, 3 points for the highest, 2 points for the second highest and 1 point for the third highest.
• Silver Trophies = at the end of each month points will be awarded to the 3 contestants that earned the highest number of silver trophies for that month, 3 points for the highest, 2 points for the second highest and 1 point for the third highest.
• Gold Trophies = at the end of each month points will be awarded to the 3 contestants that earned the highest number of gold trophies for that month, 3 points for the highest, 2 points for the second highest and 1 point for the third highest.
• Platinum Trophies = at the end of each month points will be awarded to the 3 contestants that earned the highest number of platinum trophies for that month, 3 points for the highest, 2 points for the second highest and 1 point for the third highest.
• Game Completion % = every 3 months each contestants average game completion percentage will be compared with their game completion percentage from the previous update and the highest increase (or lowest decrease if less than 3 contestant's goes up) will be awarded 15 points, second highest increase/lowest decrease will be awarded 10 points and third highest increase/lowest decrease will be award 5 points.
• Average Rarity = every 3 months each contestants average rarity will be compared with their average rarity from the previous update and the highest decrease (or lowest increase if less than 3 contestants goes down) will be awarded 15 points, second highest decrease/lowest increase will be awarded 10 points and third highest decrease/lowest increase will be award 5 points.
• MVP = every 3 months each contestant will vote for an MVP, how a contestant determines who they will vote for will be completely up to them (you can't vote for yourself). Maybe someone has contributed to the thread the most, maybe they've had an impressive few months for number or trophies earned or maybe they've earned an ultra rare platinum or two that you could only dream of achieving? The contestant with the most votes will be awarded 15 points, second most votes will be awarded 10 points and third most votes will be award 5 points.
• Backlog Challenge = each contestant can nominate 6 games from their backlog (because we all suffer from this dreaded curse ) that they plan to play throughout the season and earn points for completing them. Once you have named your 6 choices you won't be able to change them so pick carefully, choices must be submitted by the commencement of the competition. To be eligible for this category games must: either not appear on your profile (having not been played yet) or have a 0% completion if it already appears on your profiles, the game must have been released prior to 31st December 2014 (it can be on any platform) and the game must have a platinum trophy (it can be a retail or digital release). Points are awarded for obtaining the platinum trophy only, each contestant will be awarded 20 points for an ultra rare platinum, 15 points for a very rare platinum, 12 points for a rare platinum, 9 points for an uncommon platinum and 5 points for a common platinum. Platinum rarity will be taken from the date that the next update occurs.
• Total PSNP Points Earned for the Season = this category is awarded at the end of the season for a final points grab before the champions(s) is/are crowned and is a one-off. At 11:59pm 31st December, the total PSNP points earned by each contestant will be calculated (the points as shown on this site, i.e. 15 points per bronze, 30 points per silver, 90 points per gold and 180 points per platinum). The contestant with the highest points tally as a result of earning trophies throughout the season will be awarded 100 points, second highest tally will be awarded 75 points, third highest tally will be awarded 50 points and fourth highest tally will be awarded 25 points.
• Australian Leaderboard Ranking = every 3 months each contestant's Australian leaderboard ranking will be compared with their Australian leaderboard ranking from the previous update and the highest increase (or lowest decrease if less than 3 contestants goes up) will be awarded 15 points, second highest increase/lowest decrease will be awarded 10 points and third highest increase/lowest decrease will be awarded 5 points.

So let me know if you'd be interested in participating in this competition and I’ll add you to the contest.

 

Happy trophy hunting and best of luck to all contestants!

 

Kind regards,

Wayne

 

 

Ladder:

1 = cjshitan (154 points)

2 = Gibbo_0113 (141 points)

3 = CrestfallenV (126 points)

4 = TheWayne-o (89 points)

5 = MattyH16 (84 points)

6 = Pineapple-Hero88 (66 points)

7 = spazza136 (55 points)

8 = SaucySpinach (50 points)

9 = Drew-013 (49 points)

10 = greenpoison79 (42 points)

11 = Scoffinator & Texonidas (35 points)

12 = Spider5786 & IronMask75 (32 points)

13 = damage_6-9 (26 points)

14 = paulcoe (18 points)

15 = Lightning_0608 (17 points)

16 = Shemzi & AuzzieWingman (16 points)

17 = feral611 (15 points)

18 = Risky & EpicNogg4 (6 points)

19 = black__bunny & Super-Fly Spider-Guy (5 points)

20 = Diagonis83 (4 points)

21 = F1nal (2 points)

22 = Ski-Skate (0 points)

 

 

Confirmed Contestants (27):

TheWayne-o

 

F1 2010 (PS3)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)
Supercar Challenge (PS3)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (PS3)
Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3)

Gibbo_0113

 

Mirror's Edge (PS3)
Vanquish (PS3)
Catherine (PS3)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS3)
Killzone: Shadow Fall (PS4)
Thief (PS4)

stoogebag

 

Kick Ass 2 (PS3)
God of War 2 (PSV)
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments (PS3)
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS3)
Lego The Hobbit (PSV)
The Wolf Among Us (PS4)

EpicNogg4

 

Far Cry 3 (PS3)
L.A. Noire (PS3)
Dead Space 2 (PS3)
Dead Space 3 (PS3)
Fallout New Vegas (PS3)
Lone Survivor (PS4)

damage_6-9

 

Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation (PSV)
Assassin's Creed Liberation HD (PS3)
Assassin's Creed Revelations (PS3)
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag (PS3)
Bioshock (PS3)
Dead Space 2 (PS3)

SaucySpinach

 

Bioshock 2 (PS3)
Dragon Age Origins (PS3)
Vanquish (PS3)
Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
Dead Rising 2 (PS3)
Mass Effect (PS3)

Ski-Skate

 

Catherine (PS3)
Tales of Symphonia (PS3)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3)
Vanquish (PS3)
The House of the Dead Overkill Extended Cut (PS3)
Sonic Unleashed (PS3)

feral611

 

Prince of Persia (PS3)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)
The Darkness 2 (PS3)
Infamous: First Light (PS4)
Portal 2 (PS3)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist (PS3)

black__bunny

 

God of War 3 (PS3)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (PS3)
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (PS3)
Castlevania Lords of Shadow (PS3)
Bioshock 2 (PS3)
Spiderman Shattered Dimensions (PS3)

Texonidas

 

Bioshock 2 (PS3)
Borderlands 2 (PS3)
Final Fantasy 10-2 HD (PS3)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (PS3)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (PS3)
Jak 3 (PS3)

Drew-013

 

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (PS3)
Demon's Souls (PS3)
Dead Space (PS3)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3)
Catherine (PS3)
Dark Souls (PS3)

Shemzi

 

Gravity Rush (PSV)
Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3)
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time (PS3)
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (PS3)
One Piece Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3)
Jak 3 (PS3)

cjshaitan

 

Arkham: Origins (PS3)
Alien: Isolation (PS4)
Metro 2033 (PS4)
Assassin's Creed Rogue (PS3)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)
Batman: Arkham City (PS3)

Lightning_0608

 

The Wolf Among Us (PS4)
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4)
Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix (PS3)
Final Fantasy 10-2 HD (PS3)
Lego Marvel Super Heroes (PS4)
Far Cry 4 (PS4)

MattyH16

 

Assassin's Creed Liberation HD (PS3)
International Cricket 2010 (PS3)
Mini Ninjas (PS3)
The Lego Movie Videogame (PSV)
Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes (PSV)
Lego Legends of Chima (PSV)

Pineapple-Hero88

 

Alien: Isolation (PS4)
The Wolf Among Us (PS4)
Metro 2033 (PS4)
Blades of Time (PS3)
Far Cry Classic (PS3)
Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor (PS4)

spazza136

 

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag (PS4)
Alien: Isolation (PS4)
F.E.A.R 3 (PS3)
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (PS3)
Dead Island Riptide (PS3)
Naughty Bear (PS3)

Exalted-Risk

 

Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor (PS4)
Infamous: First Light (PS4)
Metro 2033 (PS4)
The Wolf Among Us (PSV)
Sniper Elite 3 (PS4)
Dragon Age Inquisition (PS4)

F1nal

 

NA

Spider5786

 

The Last of Us Remastered (PS4)
The Evil Within (PS4)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
Max Payne 3 (PS3)
Final Fantasy 10-2 HD (PS3)
Metro 2033 (PS4)

AuzzieWingman

 

Far Cry 4 (PS4)
Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS4)
Bound by Flame (PS4)
Wolfenstein The New Order (PS4)
Alien: Isolation (PS4)
Lords of the Fallen (PS4)

Scoffinator

 

Infamous: Second Son (PS4)
Infamous: First Light (PS4)
Battlefield 4 (PS4)
Call of Duty: World at War (PS3)
Fifa 14 (PS4)
Far Cry 4 (PS4)

CrestfallenV

 

Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation (PSV)
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (PSV)
Darksiders (PS3)
Puppeteer (PS3)
Skylanders Giants (PS3)
Tales of Graces F (PS3)

greenpoison79

 

Assassin's Creed Unity (PS4)
Driveclub (PS4)
LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4)
Lego The Hobbit (PS4)
Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gotham (PS4)
Diablo 3 (PS4)

IronMask75

 

Wolfenstein The New Order (PS4)
Assassin's Creed Unity (PS4)
Infamous: First Light (PS4)
Metro Last Light (PS4)
Metro 2033 (PS4)
Uncharted Golden Abyss (PSV)

paulcoe

 

Wolfenstein The New Order (PS4)
Dishonored (PS3)
Resistance 3 (PS3)
Batman: Arkham City (PS3)
Final Fantasy 13 Lightning Returns (PS3)
Sleeping Dogs (PS3)

Diagonis83

 

Arcania (PS3)
Bioshock Infinite (PS3)
Knack (PS4)
The Wolf Among Us (PS4)
Naughty Bear (PS3)
Venetica (PS3)

Edited December 12, 2016 by TheWayne-o

[Gibbo_0113]

Sign me up mate 

Edited December 7, 2015 by Gibbo_0113

[Super-Fly Spider-Guy]

A year or so ago I would have jumped at this.

 

Throw me in anyway, but I'm not expecting to be getting a shitload of trophies next year, starting TAFE in February, got a fucking baby coming in February, I ain't gonna have shit all free time.

 

But at least I can get a participant medal!

[EpicNogg4]

Hey mate, I'm definitely interested, I'll edit this post with my six games from my backlog

[damage_6-9]

Sign me up, I'll have a crack at this....... have a HUGE backlog to choose from

[Spinach]

Yo sign me up playa.   

I'll have to have a look and get back to you on the backlog.

[TheWayne-o]

Thanks for confirming your interest, I have signed you all up to the competition.

 

Could all of you please PM me your 6 backlog games once you've made your decisions? I'd like to do a reveal of everyone's backlog games once the competition has commenced, just to keep everyone guessing and create a bit of excitement.

[Ski-Skate]

Sign me up, thanks!

Edited December 7, 2015 by Ski-Skate

[Feral]

Sign me up mate. I'll send you the list of my hidden trophies soon just have to see what they are lol.

Edited December 7, 2015 by feral611

[black__bunny]

Sign me up too! I'll never be a huge trophy earner but this will at least give me some extra incentive to get through my massive backlog.

[TheWayne-o]

Thanks guys, I have signed you up to the competition.

 

I guess I'd better start thinking about my backlog challenge games too .

[Drew-013]

I'm in! I'll send you a PM with the backlog games once I've finalized them.

[Texonidas]

I am in like Flynn. I've just finished uni, so I finally have my afternoons back. Time to throw down!

 

I'll send through a list of backlog games soon, I've definitely got some that need a thorough spanking.

Edited December 9, 2015 by Texonidas

[TheWayne-o]

Thanks guys, I have added you both to the competition.

[Flukedit]

i'll join in as well, not sure what kind of progress ill be able to make however

 

gotta decide on some games that i actually wanna get around to finishing now

[AffectatiousDonk]

Looking good Wayne, looks like you have tonnes of interest. i am still up for this, no idea about backlog games, I'm scared to open cupboard to see them all

[TheWayne-o]

Thanks, I have added you both to the competition.

 

I think that we had about 20 show interest initially and since putting up the actual competition thread a few new faces have joined so we'll probably end up with 25 or so. Even if we get nobody else sign up then I'll still be happy with the number of participants, I wasn't even sure if this idea would get off the ground when I was planning it .

 

Ah the good old backlog curse, I'm sure that there are a few people here that share your pain mate! I thought that I could start to make a dent this month by buying no games...and then EB Games had their Mad Monday sale . Plus JB Hi Fi are having a clearance on PS3 games, there's a whole list of games going for $1 - $20 (with quite a few being $1 - $5). I went and had a look at one of my local stores this evening but the didn't have any sort of special display set up. So if anyone wanted to grab a few bargains then head to your local store over the weekend and see if you can find anything!

[EpicNogg4]

Thanks, I have added you both to the competition.

 

I think that we had about 20 show interest initially and since putting up the actual competition thread a few new faces have joined so we'll probably end up with 25 or so. Even if we get nobody else sign up then I'll still be happy with the number of participants, I wasn't even sure if this idea would get off the ground when I was planning it .

 

Ah the good old backlog curse, I'm sure that there are a few people here that share your pain mate! I thought that I could start to make a dent this month by buying no games...and then EB Games had their Mad Monday sale . Plus JB Hi Fi are having a clearance on PS3 games, there's a whole list of games going for $1 - $20 (with quite a few being $1 - $5). I went and had a look at one of my local stores this evening but the didn't have any sort of special display set up. So if anyone wanted to grab a few bargains then head to your local store over the weekend and see if you can find anything!

Agh the Mad Monday Sale, that sale also took my money lol

Still thinking about the backlog games, I'll let you know as soon as I can

[Feral]

Ah the good old backlog curse, I'm sure that there are a few people here that share your pain mate! I thought that I could start to make a dent this month by buying no games...and then EB Games had their Mad Monday sale . Plus JB Hi Fi are having a clearance on PS3 games, there's a whole list of games going for $1 - $20 (with quite a few being $1 - $5). I went and had a look at one of my local stores this evening but the didn't have any sort of special display set up. So if anyone wanted to grab a few bargains then head to your local store over the weekend and see if you can find anything!

I had the same no new games this month idea and EB also got me to buy more games.

[black__bunny]

Ah the good old backlog curse, I'm sure that there are a few people here that share your pain mate! I thought that I could start to make a dent this month by buying no games...and then EB Games had their Mad Monday sale . Plus JB Hi Fi are having a clearance on PS3 games, there's a whole list of games going for $1 - $20 (with quite a few being $1 - $5). I went and had a look at one of my local stores this evening but the didn't have any sort of special display set up. So if anyone wanted to grab a few bargains then head to your local store over the weekend and see if you can find anything!

 

At least their servers were reliable as always when everyone all tried to get onto the sale at midnight. I tried for a good half hour and then gave up

[UltraViolet4649]

I'm in. Will PM with hidden trophies and backlog.

[TheWayne-o]

Well that's 3 of the posters in this thread alone that bought something so the sale worked lol. Although I experienced the same issues as black__bunny, the site crashed within half an hour of the sale starting. I'm assuming that's why they extended the sale until around 10 Tuesday morning. What games did you guys pick up in the sale?

 

Thanks Lightning_0608, I have added you to the competition.

[EpicNogg4]

Well that's 3 of the posters in this thread alone that bought something so the sale worked lol. Although I experienced the same issues as black__bunny, the site crashed within half an hour of the sale starting. I'm assuming that's why they extended the sale until around 10 Tuesday morning. What games did you guys pick up in the sale?

 

Thanks Lightning_0608, I have added you to the competition.

Yeah same here mate, the site kept crashing for me as well. I picked up Infamous Second Son , Just Cause 3 and Dragon Age Inquisition.

[TheWayne-o]

Yeah same here mate, the site kept crashing for me as well. I picked up Infamous Second Son , Just Cause 3 and Dragon Age Inquisition.

 

Nice! I was considering picking up Dragon Age Inquisition but I remembered that a GOTY edition was released so I'll probably pick that version up when it comes down a bit in price. In the end I picked up Assassin's Creed Rogue, Knack and Killzone Shadow Fall. They were all cheap ($20 or less) so I thought, why not? Surely Knack can't be as bad as everyone says it is, right? I've never played a Killzone game before and this one looks like a good (albeit not great) game.

[TheWayne-o]

Just a reminder for everyone to submit your backlog challenge games to me if you haven't already, there's only a little over 2 weeks until the cut-off date. If you don't submit your backlog games and hidden trophies (if applicable) by the cut-off then you won't be classed as registered for the event and will have to wait until February to join, you will receive a score of 0 for January.