I used to be a (semi)pro gamer! Basically the college football of gaming… But like… It was Team Fortress 2 so it’s more like the college mens Volleyball of gaming…
Anyway!
RGL Advanced Highlander Season 5 - Grand Finals.
lay civ 5 vs I Hate Mondays
Neither team was favored to win the season but after multiple upsets during playoffs, they both ended up there.
It was EXTREMELY close!
The first round on Ashville went to I Hate Mondays with every round being almost dead even.
The second round, on vigil, went to a tie breaker within the round as lay civ 5 and I Hate Mondays trade blows. Eventually lay civ 5 got the points.
With a score of 1-1 the game went to a tie breaker on swiftwater…
Round 1 went to I Hate Mondays by about 30 seconds.
Round 2 was incredibly close. Both teams had better scores but ultimately lay civ 5 won with literally 0 seconds left on the clock.
The final round… The tie breaker of the tie breaker…
Lay civ 5 starts and gets a solid time. About the same as round 1…
And just like round 1, I Hate Mondays manages to sneak away with an extremely close victory. Making them the unlikely champions of Season 5 Advanced!
Despite division dysphoria having an undefeated score and even Home Depot Esports having more wins than both of the teams in grands… I Hate Mondays took home the gold and I firmly take the credit for it!
Of course… I was playing for lay civ 5… But I promise you… I was the reason that I Hate Mondays won.
I beat that stupid track in Star Wars Racer where you are muuuuch too slow if you fall onto a lower track. Without any upgrades so that I had enough credits to max out everything.
The first that came to mind is 100%ing the OG Crash Bandicoot on PS1.
Back when you could only get a level’s gem if you didn’t use a checkpoint.
Getting a gem was also the only way to save. Crash Bandicoot may be the only game series where each new game is easier than the one before it, and Crash 3 was still one of the most challenging games on the system.
Minor correction: some levels had bonus areas where you could save, but you could only do so once. Still a ballache.
I worked a night shift job for a couple of years and three of us would grab a case of beer, twist up some smoke, and jam on OG Playstation after work was done at 6 in the morning.
Tekken, Crash, and Metal Gear were the major mainstays of our play sessions. Man, that brings back some memories lol
Hollow Knight 112% completion is what I’m most proud of. It was hard!
when I was about 16 during an online match of Medal of Honor Allied Assault, I was so dialed-in with the bolt-action rifle that I got kicked for cheating.
My favorite fps achievement took place in Halo on the Xbox. We did the thing to play online and during an online ctf match I was on point with the sniper rifle. The match was tied up for flag captures and we were in a stalemate for a bit. The other team managed to get our flag and were running it back. As I’m in my sniper spot trying to line up the shot they all jumped at nearly the same time right into my sights. I take the shot and head shot every one of them… Except for the flag carrier because they apparently jumped just a tiny bit ahead of the others and dropped just enough to go under the bullet.
The entire lobby was going nuts over that last sniper shot. Even though we lost it was the talk of the match. The loss sucked but that shot was amazing. I quit playing for the day after that… No way was I going to top it so I left on a high.
I had the same thing happen in Battlefield 1942 when I built up the skill of shooting the tank’s main gun to hit planes in midair. It’s not as hard as it sounds, it sends a righteous thrill of victory through your entire body, and it makes you look like a cheater. Great stuff
this wasn’t even something that I was usually particularly good at, I just happened to be doing everything right for like one game. I understood why they thought I was cheating, I was winning one-on-one duels in small rooms against guys who had like mp44s with a single headshot
I got kicked so many times in Quake II Rocket Arena for the same reaaon that I got fed up and started my own clan and stood up my own server. Which is actually how I got my current alias in here. [Crack] Happy
I was a Holy Paladin during WoW: Cataclysm.
About midway through I was completely geared up and I swear my holy shock could dome for 459k damage, enough to 1 hit most players at the time.
Those were fun times being a “healer”.
I once saved a raid from wiping on a naxx boss by doing the last 1% of damage myself using LOH and bubbling at the opportune moment. Everyone else was dead.
Thats fucken intense lol while not as impressive but that stupid ass t Rex boss at the end of Pandora wiped my raid team. I kept myself alive solo just to berate everyone and tell them what not to stand in, then I let myself die.
The one that felt most impressive at the time was a successful Mun mission in Kerbal Space Program.
First time I beat subnautica was on permadeath mode, that took a damned long time.
Collected all helmets on Master level difficulty without dying at Titanfall 2.
I beat Dot Hack Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, and Quarantine in order back when they were first releasing on the PS2 in the US. And importing my memory card save every time.
My friend witnessed me defeat the final boss in Quarantine. It was such a long and crazy fight. And the whole thing was just mindblowing.
Sadly I don’t have any pictures or videos of it. And I traded in my PS2 a long time ago.
I have been considering revisiting the game but it’s a big game with ALOT of content. I don’t know when I’ll get around to it.
Good times and Good memories.
For sone reason I used to think they were visual novels.
But these games look nice, I’ll be giving them a try sometime.
I maxed out the buzz lighter shooter ride in Disney… 9s all across. I have a picture of it somewhere
I beat Mario Lost Levels once. On the SNES with saves, but I beat it.
After way too many hours I finally got to Immortal rank in Dota 2. Now I feel kind of done with it haha
Back in the day, I could finish Fatal Frame 2(Wii edition) in under 3 hours. I had played it a lot so my camera was is “festival” mode and full upgraded, so I could pretty much kill a ghost on sight which sped things up.
NB: this was before
Before what?
Before Markus starting saying racist shit, or Q-anon shit, or anti-trans shit.
Anytime I finish a game is a pretty big achievement. Lots of games I play and just either get bored of or forget about. Stray, Cyberpunk, Subnautica, Outer Wilds, etc… I just can’t seem to finish games. I’m now trying to play RDR2, so hopefully I can complete it. Hogwarts Legacy is the latest game I’ve fully completed (last year), but I’m a huge fan of Harry Potter, so I feel like that helped.
lol jesus christ red dead 2 is outstanding but so long… you picked a doozy
I’ve completed GTA 5 a handful of times, so I’m hoping that because it’s a rockstar game, I’ll be able to finish it… But only time will tell.
I rarely finish games but rdr2 is one of the few I did finish.
