Thing #66: Have a snowball fight... and have fun in the snow

I threw a few snowballs here and there, but I could not say I had a proper fight. At least, there was enough snow to have some fun and make a snow man! That was enough fun for a day!

New high score!

A reader who will call 'X' has officially achieved a new high score in the 'Sparkling Cow Look' game. If you want your name to appear in the hall of fame of this exciting game then read the instructions first, play the game and send me a screenshot of your score!

High score

Can you beat me? If you do send me a screenshot to prove it! :)



By the, way do you remember Thing #9?

Thing #45: Invent your own game

This was a bit tricky. Coming up with a game that is fun is not easy. In January while on a day trip I came across a Monopoly type of game that you could customise. I thought that might have been a good candidate for this Thing, but how would I share the excitement with you?

Fast forward 6 months and I now proudly present 'Sparkling Cow Look', a simple yet addictive game! Just make sure you shoot the cow in the water pool!

Other games

Build your own games

PS: No animals were hurt while producing this game.

Thing #9: Done

10000 points, a round number, a good number! And guess what? This is my XP in Enemy Territory! I know it's only a game but the achievement under the circumstances and the relief for completing this task (especially as this was my second attempt due to a server crash) can not be described.

Now a veteran I can look back at my days of action just wish that for the near future I will not need a medic!

Noooooo!

The server crashed and there goes my 7300 XP down the drain. It would have been a matter of few more days to complete this task.

Now there are two options: I start from scratch (please no!) or I continue from where I left it and just gather another 3000 points. Either way this is not good way to start your morning...

Scary

I am now getting close to gaining my 10000 XP points.. ok ok 6500 points is not that close. It's definately closer than 5000 points though, albeit not -that- close.

I'd rather finish this thing sooner rather than later as you never know what may happen! For example, yesterday the server went offline for a few hours and there was not any posting as to when it would come back! I would not like to -even- think about starting this from scratch!

So, I'd better get back to it.

I need a medic!

Who had this idea of me gaining 10,000 points in Enemy Territory? Yes, I know; it was only a figure of speech! After numerous promotions and rewards I am still just below 4000 points, not even half way through to the end. Fear not though, because I will prevail and emerge victorious!

Who am I kidding? After hours of endless battling I will probably be too dizzy to even care!

Thing #9 Update

The last few days I did not have much time to invest in completing Thing #9, but nevertheless I managed to gain 2500 XP points. I hope to have this one finished sometime next week!

Command acknowledged

Just another 8500 points to go!

Thing #9: Play a computer game to the end

When I was younger... much younger I used to play adventure games. Back then you use to type the commands and hoped that the game would understand what you were trying to say. To make the games more difficult, there were no hints 'n tips on the web, because there was no web. Ah... good times!

After all these years I came to realise that completing the game should not be the end goal. Instead you need to enjoy the game sooo much that you will actually make sure you will finish it no matter what. So for this task, instead of finishing a game I will almost the opposite and play a game that has no end!

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a freeware first-person shooter (FPS) computer game, and a standalone sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, created by Splash Damage. Enemy Territory comes with six official maps. On all except Rail Gun, the Allied team are attacking and the Axis team must defend. You have probably figured the goal of the game: stay alive.

As the missions are repeated again and again and again (and again), there is no end to the game. Instead, what I plan to do is gather 10000 eXPerience points. Usually when you join a game you start with 0 points. However many servers have XP save so that you can develop the soldier over time without having to start from scratch every single time.

Let the battle begin...