Saturday, January 9, 2010

Left 4 Dead 2 Achievement Race Results

Our first Aeonian Samurai Achievement race is now over. Though it was unannounced to the participants at the time, the data is now gathered and a winner has emerged. And the winner is....

DropTheH4MM3R!

Congratulations DropTheH4MM3R! DropTheH4MM3R once again proves that if you have nothing but passion for zombie killing and cooperative play, you too can save the world in case of an actual zombie attack.

Before the race, analysts were heavily favoring the achievement heavyweight, Ab3rn4sty. However, the remarkable 230 point jumpstart that DropTheH4MM3R had - most likely due to his familiarity with the original Left 4 Dead game - proved too much for Ab3rn4sty to overcome. Even R0NT0K who achieved 220 a full week earlier was now at a disadvantage after DropTheH4MM3R's starting blitz.

The race came to an intense climax when Ab3rn4sty, B3NT0K and DropTheH4MM3R each reached a stalemate at 930 points for two consecutive weeks. If there was any point where they could have pulled ahead, this was it. However DropTheH4MM3R sneaked in his final 35 points a day earlier than the other two, definitively shattering their dreams of triumph. Unfortunately, R0NT0K's initial momentum was completely gone by this point. He was stuck at 600 points due to a canine eating his LAN cable - an essential tool for this achievement race. Better luck next time R0NT0K!

Outraged fans of Ab3rn4sty claim that he would have dominated had the game relied less on cooperative achievements. However, DropTheH4MM3R's small underground following claim, "It's not how the achievements are won, its how quickly you get them." Touche DropTheH4MM3R's fans, touche.

How will DropTheH4MM3R fair in the next AS achievement race with Bioshock 2, a game that relies mostly on single player achievements with a few competitive multiplayer thown in to spice up the mix? Will Ab3rn4sty gain the title that was originally favored toward him? Will B3NT0K unexpectedly emerge from his mediocrity and pull some late-nighters? Or will R0NT0K surprise us all and hit 1000 points between high school research papers?

Check out the race data below and stay tuned for the next Aeonian Samurai achievement race!

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