Year in Review

Evening, everyone.

Alas, the year is coming to a close and, with that, our first annual 100k for Child's Play.

Originally, at the end of last year, I made a New Year's Resolution to up my gamerscore by 100,000 points. That seemed like a rather pathetic resolution, but I soon discovered that several close friends had similar goals. Though, honestly, none of theirs were as crazy as my goal. After several conversations, we then decided to band together to turn it into more than a simple bragging right competition.

As the year progressed, however, our personal lives began to intrude and force us to realize that 100,000 points per person was asking for a bit much. So, the founding fathers of the challenge (myself -XCinX-, RaverZombie69 and MOtaku) met and discussed the current state of our bold venture. It was decided that we would instead strive for a combined total of 100,000. So, lets examine and see were we ended the year at with our top 5 participants:

XCinX - +12,005
RaverZombie69 - +7,445
MOtaku - +21,077
MackD512 - +18,004
Gackt x360a - +83,070

Total - 141,601

We ended +41,601 beyond our goal when only looking at the top 5 members. We ended the year with a total of 17 participants, the end result much higher if they are included. I only calculated those with more than 5,000 points aquired over the year.

We are looking at doing this again next year, possibly even extending a hand to our PS3 brothers and sisters...somehow adding Trophies to the mix as well. Those details are still being hammered out, however.

So, to everyone who participated, donated to Child's Play, or just left your kind comments, I'd personally like to say thank you. Happy holidays and happy gaming.

-XCinX