On March 6th, 2008 I received a comment on my 360voice blog made up of the following: “Congrats on 5 complete games! Since we both have 5, we should have a little competition who can complete 10 first :)” The author of that comment was dieselv2, and from then on we were locked in a race to see who could complete 10 retail games first.

I am pleased to announce that I was the winner! =) Now, diesel may have been taking a small break from gaming at the time, but that doesn’t taint my victory at all, lol! It did get me thinking though…I have had my 360 for quite a long time now, and the time that it took me to complete 5 retail games was FOREVER, compared to the time it took to complete the next 5. What was the reason…the competition! It appears I may be a very competitive person, and if I can take the glory for an achievement away from somebody, it appears I’ll go to quite some measures to do so.

So, now that it’s over…I’m ready for another! The only thing I’m missing is a competitor. If you would like to be engaged in a ‘friendly’ rivalry with me, I’d be happy to take up the offer. I’m thinking about a few, and if you think it would be fun…why not comment here, or on my 360voice blog, and I’ll get back to you.

I would like a competitor within a close proximity to me in whatever the race is about. Here’s the different things I’m thinking about:

• Race to 15 retail games - Of course, leading on from 10, I’m aiming for 15 next. I’d like someone with 10 (or lower if you think you’re up to it) completed retails to race to see who can get 15 first!
• Race to 5 live arcade games - I currently have 1, I need motivation for 5. If you have 1 (or 0) completed XBLA games, you’re eligible! Note: I have a few games close to 200 already so I am willing to make this to 10, as well as possibly accept a competitor with 2!
• Race to 50% completion - I mentioned this as one of my gaming goals in my last post. I’m currently at 46.24% and would like someone relatively close to that, and with a decent gamerscore.

So there we have it. All ‘eligability’ is debatable so if you want in, but think I won’t accept, why not ask and see? No harm done either way! I find these races slightly more interesting than standard gamerscore races, just because they’re a little more specific. That’s all there is left to say really…any takers?

SoupyC