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Evan_B:

--- Quote from: Lemonade on September 23, 2024, 08:20:46 AM ---I also played some of Age of Calamity, but I didnt like it very much.

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Weird how I absolutely devoured the original Hyrule Warriors, but pretty promptly bounced off of Age of Calamity. I think it had something to do with that stupid map unlock system- not a fan.

Lemonade:
Hyrule Warriors was fun and weird. Age of Calamity took its self too seriously trying to be a prequel to one of the best games ever made.
It wasnt fun.

Luigi Dude:

--- Quote from: Lemonade on September 25, 2024, 09:48:38 AM ---Age of Calamity took its self too seriously trying to be a prequel to one of the best games ever made.

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Age of Calamity isn't a prequel though, it's a full blown alternate universe that has Future Trunks from DBZ time travel shenanigans going on where by the end of the game the events of Breath of the Wild will never take place because the events of this timeline are now completely different.

Yeah it starts out more serious than Hyrule Warriors, but by the end of the game it's pure fan fiction that's just as silly and light hearted.

Khushrenada:
Congrats to all users who were able to check off some games from their backlogs! For those interested in a few numbers, the total games checked off by players in August 2024 was 18. Which is half of the 2023 total. Definitely was drop in participation this year. Who knows what the 2025 turnout may look like?  :-\ After being a big participant in all the other Backlaugust events, I'm afraid I just ended up never really playing any games this time around and just did not find myself being able to align my schedule with the event. Here's what the records now show:

Backlaugust 2020 - 44 games beat
Backlaugust 2021 - 39 games beat
Backlaugust 2022 - 56 games beat
Backlaugust 2023 - 36 games beat
Backlaugust 2024 - 18 games beat


While the Backlaugust event has never been framed as a contest with other users (aside from maybe being an us vs them of NWR vs Negative World in the launch of the event) and has always been framed as one's own personal challenge to just see what one can accomplish on their own, there is a bit of a competitive undercurrent to the proceedings. Thanks to RABicle's participation in the first Backlaugust in which he wanted to talk about how he was winning the event with the amount of games he was completing, there has been a bit extra pride in seeing if one can be the user to beat the most games in the month out of all the participants engaging in the event. Here's the shortlist of top Backlaugust performers:

Backlaugust 2020 - RABicle
Backlaugust 2021 - Mop it up
Backlaugust 2022 - Mop it up
Backlaugust 2023 - Khushrenada
Backlaugust 2024 - Broodwars


Congrats to Broodwars for conquering the most games for Backlaugust 2024. Probably not a name people would have expected as usually it would seem to be RABicle, Mop it up, Luigi Dude and myself as the players in the mix for most games getting completed. It just goes to show that the month is open to anyone who wants to get serious about getting through some games for the month.

And for a little more stat info, to date, no one has recorded more than 16 games beat during the month. A number accomplished by both RABicle (2020) and Mop it up (2022). If you want to really go for the gold then that's the number to challenge yourself with.

Khushrenada:
After coming in about second through the first three Backlaugusts, it felt good to finally be the top performer in 2023. But my, how the mighty have fallen as I followed up that performance with a big fat 0. I must do better next time.  :'(

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