So, my friends, a lot of people (*) have been emailing me asking for an update on the Trophy Challenge I set into motion about a year ago.
This was of course a heroic contest for men, whereby we would compete to see who could amass the largest amount of Playstation network trophies. Initially 3 men accepted the challenge, and shortly thereafter a fourth would also rise to the occasion.
So four competitors were brave enough to enter: Ragu-Ragula (me), Pigpiglet (BFS), Foosrazzle (JBF) and Washburnian (MMN).
Many are wondering, after the first 11 months, how the results are stacking up.
Here is a chart showing the total number of trophies earned by each competitor:
But this simple tally isn’t everything! For instance the PSN trophy score is based on an arcane and impenetrable (**) formula that takes these totals and turns them into a numeric score.
Here’s a chart comparing the scores of each competitor:
But again I say, who amongst us has the right to assign to a man little more than a number? Certainly not I.
Truly the best judge of the manliness of each competitor must not be his total number of trophies, nor his PSN trophy score. No, the truest test must surely be the accumulation of the legendary and nigh-unattainable Platinum Trophies that demonstrate absolute mastery of a game.
Here then, is a chart comparing the tally of platinum trophies amongst each competitor:
I shall leave the reader to draw conclusions, and say only that I expect the next few months to be the period in which competition will ‘pick up’. Who will be the dark horse, who the steady nag? And who the ultimate winner of this challenge?
It is certainly too early to tell.
* – actually no-one at all
** – actually quite simple and easy to calculate