TA Competition: July Monthly Sweepstakes

TA Competition: July Monthly Sweepstakes

What's your favourite gaming memory?

Organized by DavieMarshall on 26 July 12 at 23:17 , updated on 26 July 12 at 23:17

It's been a while since I headed up a competition on the homepage! My social cohort and friend Matrarch has been doing a fine job keeping you guys in prizes on the homepage.

Today though, it's mine and Flyboy80498's turn as we bring you the next round of the Monthly Sweepstakes. As we always say, prizes simply for registered with TrueAchievements. Simple!

So this month we're asking you to delve into the archives of your mind and share with us your favourite gaming memory, and why. Just complete the following sentence for us and reply in the thread to be entered!

My favorite memory of gaming is ______________ because _____________.We'll pick three winners to win the following prizes:

1st prize - 3 Months of Xbox LIVE Gold
2nd prize - 800 MSP
3rd prize - A TA Pro Account

(Rules And Regulations)
- This competition is unavailable to TA Staff members
- One entry per person; multiple entries from the same community member will be disregarded
- Entry is via a comment to this thread
- The winners will be chosen by DavieMarshall and Flyboy80498 and a panel of Newshounds
- This competition is available worldwide
- Entries close on Sunday August 5th at 23:00 GMT
This contest is now closed.
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Lil Miss Cherry
207 completed games(Includes owned DLC)Achievement Completion Percentage: 87.11% (Includes owned DLC) - 116 more achievements required to reach 88%724 posts
Last post: Yesterday at 23:29
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:20
So many but I guess my favourite gaming memory would be immaturely laughing with my sisters as we made the sims "Woohoo" for about the millionth time because we were young and it seemed really naughty laugh
Kupo Kupo
ViagraFish
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ViagraFish
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Last post: Yesterday at 17:10
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:20
My favourite memory of gaming was being scared out my skin playing Resident Evil 1 because me and my cousin thought we were being smart and stayed up late playing it. We got to the snake in the attic and it got too much, we put it off and couldn't sleep as we were too terrified! Good times.
When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die.
BinaryP0wnage - I've gotten used to it.
55,832  TrueAchievements points26 completed games(Includes owned DLC)70 posts
Last post: 22 May at 03:47
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:22
My favorite memory of gaming was during a snow storm back in the N64 era because despite the few feet of snow falling every hour I was still playing Kirby 64 which is still my favorite game to this day.
El Horse
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El Horse
TA Pro user93 completed games(Includes owned DLC)83 posts
Last post: 03 Apr at 22:51
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:23
My favorite memory of gaming is playing Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX on the PS1, 14 hours a day for a week with my brother because it was the first time I dedicated a week off work to gaming. We got hammered on Tequila and tried in vain to get all the challenges completed (failed!). We had so much fun playing that game it's etched into my mind!
Fuzzy Churro
162,453
Fuzzy Churro
162,453  TrueAchievements pointsAchievement Completion Percentage: 72.88% (Includes owned DLC) - 9 more achievements required to reach 73%256 posts
Last post: 10 Jun at 23:10
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:24
My favorite memory of gaming is Halo: Combat Evolved because its the first xbox game I ever played and when i had the chances to play it, it was to pass time with cousins and siblings while visiting family in Texas. Halo is perfect for those occasions. smile
"You've been hit by, you've been struck by, a smooth Churro!.."
Virgil Must Die - Just think, next time I kill someone, I could be arrested!
384 completed games(Includes owned DLC)Achievement Completion Percentage: 93.23% (Includes owned DLC) - 137 more achievements required to reach 94%154 posts
Last post: 07 Jun at 15:13
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:24
My favorite memory of gaming is the day i got my first PS1 because i had no games only a demo disc from the official playstation magazine, it was the top 10 horror games and the first one i played was silent hill and it started my love affair with survival horror thats still going strong!
You want it when?
Mark Farley
245,170
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245,170  TrueAchievements points163 completed games(Includes owned DLC)748 posts
Last post: Today at 00:00
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:24
My favourite memory of gaming is/was playing Simon the Sorcerer on the Amiga because you couldn't beat swapping and changing 9 floppy disks!

Still one of my all time favourite games!
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Dalej66
140,882
Dalej66 - C10H15N.
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Last post: 26 Jul 12 at 23:24
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:24
My favorite memory of gaming is finishing Spider-Man: The return of the sinister six on nes because i always got so nervous when I was approaching the final boss, Dr. Octopus,that when i finished my knees were shaking and I was very happy.
AntaraelDulacre - Aaaand Happy Wars is complete yay!
85 completed games(Includes owned DLC)Achievement Completion Percentage: 59.90% (Includes owned DLC) - 6 more achievements required to reach 60%569 posts
Last post: 22 Apr at 09:33
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:24
My favorite memory of gaming is quite a while back in the past when me and my father were playing Adventures like Monkey Island on PC because it was a time when he still did care about me....
IFEARI MauLer
137,972
IFEARI MauLer - I will 1000 Mortal Kombat, for i am Jesus \_O_/
137,972  TrueAchievements points68 completed games(Includes owned DLC)141 posts
Last post: 21 Nov 12 at 13:32
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:25
My favorite gaming memory is playing as Darth Maul in Star Wars: Battlefront 2, putting the settings on maximum reinforcements and taking all the command posts on Polis Massa apart from one and ripping through all of the clones that piled out of the spawn point xD
Marc Pilkington - Urrrgh, this Xbox One debating fiasco hurts my brain :S I think I'll stick to what I know best, which is the gaming.
TrueAchievements Walkthrough SupervisorTrueAchievements Newshound438 posts
Last post: Today at 00:24
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:26
I honestly can't pinpoint a specific time/memory that towered over the rest, but I can think of one which was awesome.

My favourite memory in gaming (one of), is when I got a PS2 for Christmas all those years ago. I got Wild Wild Racing and Tekken Tag 1 with it, and looking at both of them, the graphics were astonishing. So it was an awesome gaming memory because I spent hours on Tekken Tag 1 absorbing the pure amazement of the PS2 and the game I was playing. Can't beat staying in my pyjamas until 12pm with my eyes glued to the TV.
ScuzzyBunny
483,892
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213 completed games(Includes owned DLC)TA Pro user710 posts
Last post: Yesterday at 18:38
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:28
My favorite memory of gaming is talking to my brother while he was playing Dead Space because he cleared a room, the music stopped, and while picking up ammo and stuff something jumped out of a vent as he walked by and scared the shit out of him! He jumped a few feet out of his chair, lost the controller, and I swear he pissed his pants, though he will never admit it.
Killer Punks...all that needs to be said.
DarthFracas
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DarthFracas - Golf shoes and Grid 2 makes for a happy birthday!
91,874  TrueAchievements pointsAchievement Completion Percentage: 57.34% (Includes owned DLC) - 36 more achievements required to reach 58%115 posts
Last post: 21 Apr at 21:32
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:28
My favorite memory from a game was from Final Fantasy II (before we knew it as IV). I was 12. I had just fought the Demon Wall in the Sealed Cave. After going through an ungodly amount of Life Potions (before they were renamed Phoenix Down), Ether, and Elixirs fighting the Demon Wall. Then, betrayal.

Kain, you son of a bitch.

The memory of that betrayal haunts me to this day. All that hard work, and Kain steals my crystal and makes off with the full set of Diamond Armor I spent about an hour grinding to afford.
o RedDeadDan o
99,461  TrueAchievements pointsTrueAchievement Ratio: 1.393075 posts
Last post: 18 Dec 12 at 21:40
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:33
My favorite memory of gaming is waking up one Christmas morning (year unknown), to a shiny Amstrad CPC 464 because that was the birth of the gamer in me.
BOB002
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BOB002
92,595  TrueAchievements points24 posts
Last post: 25 Oct 12 at 23:41
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:33
My favourite memory of video gaming is the first time 100% completed a game because I just felt so accomplished and finished.
ScreenSingerX
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Last post: 05 May at 16:35
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:33
My favorite memory of gaming is taking down a helicopter with a shotgun in CoD3 because there is no way to capture it other than memory. Sure, I could try to do it again and record it. But it wouldn't be the same. It's just like any moment in your life where you wish you'd taken a picture. It isn't as cool to describe to someone, there's no achievement for it, but I know in my soul that it was one of my best gaming moments ever. The lack of proof in those cases is in some ways what makes them even more personal...only the player really knows they had a great moment.
Mister Het
34,312
Mister Het - OK, Dead Space 3 is the most fun I've had with a game in a long time....seriously, that was awesome!
34,312  TrueAchievements points58 posts
Last post: 12 Feb at 00:52
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:35
This is a hard one, as there's sooooo many moments. I could say completing Halo on Legendary in 6 hours with my mate, or playing THPS to death all those years ago all summer long between school years, but I'm gonna go with this:

My favorite memory of gaming is the xmas day that I got my PS1 (back when it was just a Playstation!) because despite having played a little on the Atari and PC, it was my first console that was actually mine! I got Tomb Raider 2 and Rayman with it, and played Rayman all xmas day :D How times have changed.....>.> :)
If I'm Here, I'm Bored...
Vdeathrow93
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Vdeathrow93 - New objective: Complete as many games as possible and get 100K gamerscore
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Last post: 01 Jun at 00:33
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:35
My favorite memory of gaming is playing Sonic the Hedgehog with my sister because we had a great time racing through the levels and trying to beat each other. We played for years on the Sega Genesis but eventually got rid of it. Several years later, I bought the Sonic Mega Collection for Xbox and we got to relive the old, glory days of racing through those levels again. We were especially fond of the Casino level (especially my sister) and the bonus level where we would race through the tube collecting rings and avoiding bombs. I hardly ever play games with my family members any more since my games are either single player or not very family friendly, so I will always hold those Sonic sessions with my sister in my heart. smile
SLAYER
AmagiciaNamdGob - I'm no hero... Never was. I'm just an old killer... Hired to do some wet work. ~ Old Snake ~
TrueAchievement Ratio: 1.5883Achievement Completion Percentage: 85.51% (Includes owned DLC) - 14 more achievements required to reach 86%56 posts
Last post: 04 Jun at 15:09
Posted on 26 July 12 at 23:36
My Favorite memory from a game was playing the original Halo system linked with 4 xbox's all with 4 players on them, Free for all (16ppl) on Damnation. Running for the Shotty and blasting the first person you see with the pump shot followed by the butt of the gun to the face. The one-two (Right trigger / Left trigger) combo. No FPS since has felt the same. God what a game!
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