Can’t wait for the 2022 Backlog Challenge!!! Let’s go baby!!!
Yeah, 2022 should be fun, especially with new people in the mix.
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Yep! It’s all Halo at the moment for me.
This was very fun and motivating, can’t wait for next year! Gratz, Prog 
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Okay, later today we’ll do final tally and some thoughts and I’ll start working on the new thread for 2022.
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I am still confused how you come out of this with more than 0 points
I’m just going to let him do his thing even if by the rules it’s gonna be a tremendous waste of time and effort for them.
Let 'em have fun.
But yeah…
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Going into 2022, I already have a small backlog of 3 games and an expansion that were purchased in 2021 so how would I be at 0 points? Wouldn’t I already be at +3.5 points once I complete these games and the expansion?
Also, if I end 2022 at 0 points, that means that every game I purchased, I completed and can go into 2023 fresh. I know that’s not the point of the Backlog Challenge so while I will most likely lose in this actual challenge, for my own personal challenge, I would win because unlike 2021 and 2022, I want to go into 2023 without a backlog.
Basically, im using this Backlog Challenge for my own personal challenge in which I will be more selective and whatnot. I don’t want to buy a single game in 2022 that doesn’t have a 100% chance of being completed. By doing this, I will eliminate the games that are 50/50 for various reasons.
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The more the merrier! (and I won’t be last place! )
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Makes sense
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IT’S OVER
Final Tally:
@ProgStopper: 13
@PhantomFox: 11
@Mort: 10
@DeoGame: 2
The Winner of the XboxERA 2021 Backlog Challenge is… @ProgStopper !
(@Proven or @Doncabesa if it’s not too much trouble, could you bequeath the winner their title of XboxERA 2021 Backlog Champion or something similar?)
Thoughts:
I was literally at the end of Mirror’s Edge but Halo Infinite is just too damn good to put down.
FH5 and Halo Infinite basically ground my backlog challenge to a halt. I probably would have had more if I didn’t get sucked into FH5 and HI.
Second Place:
Third Place
Most Likely Quit during the Match
This has been a very fun challenge that allowed me to finish some games I never would have gotten around to play if it wasn’t for the fact that it was during a challenge.
The Road Ahead
2022 is gonna be a crazy year, so one hard with lots of big games. Let’s see what happens! Also including trade-ins and DLC into the mix is gonna make it anyone’s ball game.
Sign ups begin sometime next week and run to December 31st, Contest Begins Jan 1st, 2022.
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Sign-Ups now open for 2022:
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You made a challenge that you won? Rigged.
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Not my fault that @Mort couldn’t finish off @PhantomFox .
PhantomFox was THIS close to taking me down.
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Alright there’s your title, congrats!
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Ouch.
(False King was a better title imo)
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GG @ProgStopper @Mort, that was a fun competition. If I hadn’t made those few backlog purchases late this year maybe I would’ve won!
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See?
No fraud.
Only weakness from my competitors!
Muahahahha.
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Haha yes, mucho weakness and the Forza Horizon 5 → Halo Infinite double slam to occupy most of my time in the final stretch too.
Super ready for next year though! I have started my Excel sheets and planning my strategy. Fortunately not many new games for me until Starfield hits by the look of things, muhaha.
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I am so screwed first half of 2022.
HFW, GoW, GT7 is gonna hurt.
I have 7 games in the first half of 2022 which doesn’t include Steel Rising (only announced as June 2022) or A Plague Tale Requiem which I could see being May/June.