It is hard to believe another week has passed. Here is the recap: It is a good one! B8TINGU had seven days of gaming! In a row! I know! Crazy! I feel like i'm bragging when I say our score climbed 1105 points last week... insanity! I guess that is what completing 56 achievements can do!

NEW GAMES! NEW GAMES! NEW GAMES! 10 of them to be exact! Battle Fantasia, Beowulf, DBZ: BURST LIMIT, DEF JAM: ICON™, Dragon Age: Origins, GAROU MOW, KOF98UM, SOULCALIBUR, Samurai Shodown II, and Street Fighter II' HF. I want more! I want more! Oh, and B8TINGU must have been in the mood to beat people down last week. DEAD OR ALIVE 4 was the favorite game. He played it on 4 of the days.

So that's it for now. It was a good week. On to the next one.

THE REAL ME:

Wow, I'm currently on fighting binge!! So if you need help or would like to help out in any 360 fighting games hit me up and we'll talk! ReallyANY fighting game. Help is always appreciated and favors alwasy returned!Honest!

Ok let me be honest with you, I do have an alterior motive. lol.. Over at 360voice.com I have asmall but friendly competion, comprised ofa bout 7 or so gamers all racing to get the very first 3 star fighting badge the site has eer seen. No small task by any means..

This is just one of the many reasons why I love 360voice.com so much. So her I present to you the lurifd tale of the 3* fighting badge challenge, but first an explination...of sorts.

The list of fighting games and explination of box is as folows:

Game: Icon Tile / Game Name Proper / My currentGS / GS attainable / ? / my current # of achievements unlocked/

the * and the numbers after are 360voice specific game ratings so ignor those..

Battle Fantasia301000*3/48BlazBlue1000DBZ: BURST LIMIT51000*1/50DEAD OR ALIVE 43551000*22/45DEF JAM: ICON™01000*0/37Fatal Fury Special2004.44.0GAROU MOW0200*0/12KOF XII1000KOF98UM145200*9/12Marvel vs. Capcom 2200Mortal Kombat vs. DCU5001000*21/50Samurai Shodown II5200*1/12SOULCALIBUR40200*3/123.52.8Soulcalibur IV6501000*35/507.57.5Street Fighter II' HF0200*0/12STREET FIGHTER IV4301000*25/48SuperStreetFighter2THD2004.06.0Ultimate MK3145200*10/125.45.6Virtua Fighter 501000*0/323.58.5

I own 14 of the current 19. 2 retail and 3 arcade's left to go. Also the list does get an udate every so often adding in newer games. Like Tekken 6 will be coming, just don't knowwhen.

So this is the break down. You get certain badges for certain completion percentages for every genre not just fighting,butfor thistale I shall explaine my current standings. You have 3 tiers of badges that you can earn.The first tier is of course a 1 star , the next is 2 star, the last isthe 3 star, ther is no4 star or beyond in any genre as of now. and thier probbably won't be.Here is my scores for each or lack there of. I need the points listed to gain each badge,one star is the first box second star the second and third star, well the third! As you can see, I have some gaming to do!

-1235-4775-8315

Well now the tale that should not be!

A friend of mine Elmo Teh Azn was in my party, we wern't even playing the same game, but hey that's how it goes right? So Elmo says to me in passing that he saw me playing DOA 4 and that it gothim thinking about thethree star fighting badge. He says he might go for it, since no one on 360 has it....

Silience...

I say that would be cool.. and I think about my games, hmm I have some of those.. so I retort that maybe we should have a race to that badge! lol.. So he says that he may put upa thread aboutit and see if anyone would be interseted in it.

The next day he hasthis thread posted: (*note first entry was edited by Elmo already)

http://360voice.gamerdna.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21236

Two gamers had already posted init..Karma Is a Bishand Dog of Thunder, soI went ahead and made it known Tha i too would be in this fray.. longstory short, It went offical(sort of) and Dog started tracking scores..that crazy Dog..sowe had to kinda put asign upend date toit. Low and behold seven gamersanswered the call and now.. it's on... here for you enjoyment are the not socurrent standings. but probably still pretty accurate:

Current Standings (Thanks DoT):

Current Standings as of 11/6/09:
1) Joshnorm - 42.415%
2) Dog of Thunder - 39.11%
3) B8TINGU - 17.034%
4) Ichya Paradise - 16.992%
5) Elmo teh Azn - 11.907%
6) Karma is a Bish - 3.771%
7) Ignorant Quarrel - 0%

Complete Fighting Games:
1) Joshnorm - 5 - MvC2, SC, SC4, SSF2THD, UMK3
2) Dog of Thunder - 1 - SC4

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
SOULCALIBUR: I got 3, pretty easy but I got interupted so I'll get back to it!
KING OF FIGHTERS 98: 1 now just 2 more to completion..
BATTLE FANTASIA: 2 more seems like pretty descent game so far.
DRAGON BALL Z: BL: 1 this looks like a grinder....ugh.
BOARDERLANDS: Like 9 or so more had a total blast in co- op, this is what interupted my SOULCALIBUR. but with 4 people it's AWESOME!!!

BEATING B8TINGU:
So if you don't know in my AC (auto challenge)I was 'lacks due to my 300 odd point lead.. when I gave it quick check I saw I was actually 35pts in the hole!? Man, did you know BAND HERO had a 490pt. ACHIEVEMENT!!! Yea you herd me right 490pts. for one achievement..which looks to take about 30 min or less to get. That had me on my toes...er fingers, but I still managed to pull down a couple extra hundred points for the win.

A HEARTFELT MESSAGE YOU NEED TO READ:
Now normaly I don't do this, but this is legit..and unfortunatly very sad, I was hoping that everyone that reads this could possible go to the link below and send a card.. no money, unless you want, but just a 1 card, it's a only a few dollars and moment of your time, but I think it would make a very terminaly sick little boy very happy, if not for a while..please, as I hear it he does not have much time left.

http://360voice.gamerdna.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=1&TOPIC_ID=21274��

OK That's it. Thanks for reading and please send a card. I am.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED/GAME OVER:
LEFT 4 DEAD: picked up my last DLC achievment to finish the game again and I have an awesome completion date of HALLOWEEN!

BEATING B8TINGU:
Still no answer to my 800 or so point lead.. with 10 hours to go..lol.. that don't mean nothing to AVATAR or FALLOUT 3 (PC) though.

REMINDER:
Set you clocks back an hour (those of you in the USA, excluding AZ. and HI. I think) yup a lot of people forgot about this one, including me!

GEARS OF WAR 2 DOUBLE EXP:
SUCKS!!!! Really I palyed for like 5 hours yesterday and man talk about tough! Anyone else experincing this too? Is it jsut me or have they uped the difficulty and added more nasties like more GRINDERS, BOOMERS & FLAMERS!! I didn't even go up one level!!! WTF!!

PLEASE VOTE FOR MY DAUGHTER:
This is a big step for my ex-wife as she has said she will never post a pic of our daughter on the WWW, but with the possibility of a GAP shopping spree and GAP modeling career she couldn't pass it up...(I'm not sure how I feel about it) So I'm asking anyone willing to vote fo her to please do so. You can vote for as many pics. once a day, everyday until the 17th... unfortunatly you do have to register for the free site..ugh.. I know, but if you don't want to vote, you can at least gt to see my princess! (the bottom one was a test pic that my ex accidently entered..lol)
http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/entries/HeidyClark/

ALL THE OTHER NEWS:

Yup I have other news... mostly bad.. I got layed off again.. twice in a year, both times supposedly due to the failing economy..whatever.. I found out my landlord has not been making t emorgatge payments, so guess who just got a foreclosuer notice on his door.. yup.. I guess it's time to start look for a new place to live. ugh.. I did happen to have some good news through this.. My bank has a program for "Thank you Points" and of all the money I have spent in the last 3 years I have accumulated enough points for soem new games! They are: Dreagon AGE: Origins, Assassins Creed II, and the Godfather II, prett sweet huh? Now I guess I'll have to get the originalGodfather.. someday. (Note* I tried puting images of those games in but for some reason the y would not take, so ugh oh well..

I got the Demo for this game, (Cause I've had it on pre-order for so long) Yup GameStop, Yup I get free in game bat too..lol, but the Demo is awesome. I like the new melee weapons, wacking a zombie witha frying pan is just plain hilarious! I got touse a police batton anda machetee..my personal fav! There is new health items too an adredaline shot, that makes you faster and a bit tougher for a limited amount of time.New to the throwing devices is BOOMER VILE!!! Yes, you can pick up a container of extracted Boomer vomit and throw it at anything, instantly attracting zombies to do your bidding, yes you can use it on the Wandering Witch or the the Tanks, it works!! Yes you heard me right, WANDERING WITCHES!! They walk around now, but they still don't go looking for yo until you disturb one...try whacking her with a frying pan! It's still lot's of Zombies coming toget a bite out of you and there are some short comings, I don't seem to like the voice acting as much in this one. It seems the new survivors don't really care about the Special Infected. Unlike the last survivors when they scream about specials like they mean it! Also some of the new Specials seem a bit ridiculas.."JockeyZombies" lol.. maybe this will give the game just the right amount of comic relief. "Chargers" seem like a pain..and the Demo which only has two very short playable levels from the PARISH" campaign are set in the day, so it's bit brighter. One just hopes that the rest will be at night,specialy "THE DARK CARNIVAL"..

One last lit bit of info. My Union "Achievement Hunters" seems to have changed it's name and become a BORDERLANDS Union, don't get me wrong.. I like BOARDERLANDS, but I just didn't join a BOARDERLANDS union.. and there was absolutely now discussion, at least none that I was aware of ( I think the leader and the officers should have contactedpeople via mail) but nope, just up and changed it...so I left. No I'm union less now.. maybe I will join anohter or maybe not.

Well I hope to see you guys around some time, I hope everyone ha a great and safe HALLOWEEN and are getting ready for the madness of Black Friday! As always happy gaming!

Yours, Jeff(B8TINGU) Clark

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED/GAME OVER:
LEFT 4 DEAD: picked up my last DLC achievment to finish the game again and I have an awesome completion date of HALLOWEEN!

BEATING B8TINGU:
Still no answer to my 800 or so point lead.. with 10 hours to go..lol.. that don't mean nothing to AVATAR or FALLOUT 3 (PC) though.

REMINDER:
Set you clocks back an hour (those of you in the USA, excluding AZ. and HI. I think) yup a lot of people forgot about this one, including me!

GEARS OF WAR 2 DOUBLE EXP:
SUCKS!!!! Really I palyed for like 5 hours yesterday and man talk about tough! Anyone else experincing this too? Is it jsut me or have they uped the difficulty and added more nasties like more GRINDERS, BOOMERS & FLAMERS!! I didn't even go up one level!!! WTF!!

PLEASE VOTE FOR MY DAUGHTER:
This is a big step for my ex-wife as she has said she will never post a pic of our daughter on the WWW, but with the possibility of a GAP shopping spree and GAP modeling career she couldn't pass it up...(I'm not sure how I feel about it) So I'm asking anyone willing to vote fo her to please do so. You can vote for as many pics. once a day, everyday until the 17th... unfortunatly you do have to register for the free site..ugh.. I know, but if you don't want to vote, you can at least gt to see my princess! (the bottom one was a test pic that my ex accidently entered..lol)
http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/entries/HeidyClark/

ALL THE OTHER NEWS:

Yup I have other news... mostly bad.. I got layed off again.. twice in a year, both times supposedly due to the failing economy..whatever.. I found out my landlord has not been making t emorgatge payments, so guess who just got a forclosuer notice on his door.. yup.. I guess it's time to start look for a new place to live. ugh.. I did happen to have some good news through this.. My bank has a program for "Thank you Points" and of all the money I have spentinthe last 3 years I have accumulated enough points for soem new games!

and Sweet huh? Now I guess I'll have to get the originalGodfather.. someday.

Igot the Demo for this game, (Cause I've had it on pre-order for so long) Yup GameStop, Yup I get free in game bat too..lol, but theDemo is awesome. I like the new melee weapons, wacking a zombie witha frying pan is just plain hilarious! I got touse a police batton anda machetee..my personal fav! There is new health items too an adredaline shot, that makes you faster and a bit tougher for a limited amount of time.Newto the throwing devices is BOOMER VILE!!! Yes, you can pick up a container of extracted Boomer vomit and throw it at anything, instantly attracting zombies to do your bidding, yes you can use it on the Wandering Witch or the the Tanks, it works!! Yes you heard me right, WANDERING WITCHES!! They walk around now, but they still don't go looking for yo until you disturrb one...try whacking her with a frying pan! It's still lot's ofZombies coming toget a bite out of you and there are some short comings, I don't seem to like the voice acting as much in this one. It seems the new survivorsdon't really care about the SpecialInfected. Unlike the last survivors when they screamabout specials like they mean it! Also some ofthe new Specials seem a bit ridiculas.."JockeyZombies" lol.. maybe this will give the game just the right amount ofcomic relief. "Chargers" seem like a pain..andthe Demo which only has twovery short playable levelsfrom the PARISH" campaign are set in the day, so it's bit brighter. One just hopes that the rest will be at night,specialy "THE DARK CARNIVAL"..

One last lit bit of info (befoer I see if these image make it into my blog) My Union "Achievement Hunters" seems to have changed it's name and become a BORDERLANDS Union, don't get me wrong.. I like BOARDERLANDS, but I just didn't join a BOARDERLANDS union.. and there was absolutly now discussion, at least none that I was aware of ( I think the leader and the officers should have contactedpeople via mail) but nope, just up and changed it...so I left. No I'm union less now.. maybe I will join anohter or maybe not.

Well I hope to see you guys around some time, I hope everyone ha a great and safe HALLOWEEN and are getting ready for the madness of Black Friday! As always happy gaming!

Yours, Jeff(B8TINGU) Clark