Blog of the Green Mage

Updates (All times are in US MTN Time, a.k.a, my time)

3:00 PM - The Versus Marathon has just officially started, and now both teams, OCT and TSR, have begun playing through the Zelda games.  There is no set order in which the games must be played, so either team can choose whichever order they feel like tackling the Zelda games.  Surprisingly, both teams have chosen to start off with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.  Guess the game is just that popular;  I sure agree.  =)

5:31 PM - TSR has just finished A Link to the Past.  Current score is roughly:

TSR ~730

OCT ~420

6:00 PM - TSR is planning/setting up to play Link's Crossbow Training next to get the "Untold Legends" achievement (Completed any Legend of Zelda game not on the main list) for an added 200 points.  OCT is still on A Link to the Past, but is slowly catching up in points.  Current score is roughly:

TSR ~730 ~960;  Correction, they just re-updated their score.

OCT ~615

6:42 PM - TSR has just finished Link's Crossbow Training, and has returned back to A Link to the Past to finish up some more achievements.  Current score is roughly:

TSR ~1160

OCT ~705

7:00 PM - TSR has now moved on to their next Zelda game, Zelda II.  OCT has also just finished up A Link to the Past around the same time, and is now preparing to move onto the original Zelda on the NES.  Current score is roughly:

TSR ~1160

OCT ~860

8:00 PM - Team Gamree is now having leftover chicken for dinner... because that definitely needed an update...  Also, $50 has been donated so far.  Oh, right, the score.  Current score is roughly:

TSR ~1160; TSR has decided not to update their score until after they complete Zelda II.  -.-;

OCT ~1090

9:40 PM - TSR just finished Zelda II, followed by OCT who finished The Legend of Zelda shortly after.  TSR is getting ready to do The Minish Cap next, while OCT plans on playing through Majora's Mask. Current score is roughly:

TSR ~2160

OCT ~1915

10:45 PM - I just had a nice, little, late snack of cereal, and it was quite yummy.  And then I proceeded to accidentally smash the ever loving crud out of my left hand.  Don't ask me how I did it; it just happened.  Now my hand is beginning to swell up rather nicely.  Ouchy.

As for the Marathon, both teams are still playing through their respective games, TSR on Minish and OCT on Majora.  The current donation amount is $71.  Current score is roughly:
TSR ~2275
OCT ~1940

Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to go get a pack of ice now...

September 11
12:00 AM - Well, time for me to hit the sack.  Hand really hurts now, so some rest will probably do it some good (especially without all of this typing).  Donations right now are still at $71, which means that the marathon will be extended by an extra 4 hours as of right now.  Next mark to add on another hour is $75.  Also, Team OCT has said that if donation reach $360, one of their members will take a sledgehammer to his first (and currently broken) XBOX 360 on stream.  Let's hope they meet that goal...  >=D

Current score is roughly:
TSR ~2320
OCT ~1940

7:35 AM - Wakey-Wakey, Eggs and Zeldy.  My hand doesn't hurt anymore and isn't as swollen, but it's really sore and now I have a decent-sized bump on the back of my hand.  Seems like I woke up just in time to witness TSR finish Link's Awakening, and by the sounds of it, they're happy it's finally over.  They are now moving on to Twilight Princess.  Also sometime during the night, OCT moved onwards from Majora's Mask to Minish Cap.  Donations seem to now be at $81.  I will wait to update the current score, as TSR might change theirs now that they have completed Link's Awakening, and it seems like the score on either stream is different from the others, so I'll watch and wait a bit to figure out what's been going on since my absence.  By the looks of it, though, TSR is still in the lead.  Current score is:
TSR: 3420
OCT: 2220

Where the heck that massive score lead came from, I have no clue.  I'll ask around to see what I can get.

8:13 AM - Okay, so, here's where things stand.  When I went to sleep, OCT played Majora's Mask for a majority of the 8 hours I was gone.  At one point, though, the game froze up on them and they were forced to restart it, and due to Majora's odd game saving style, they lost about an hour's worth of work.  Out of the game's 4 main temples, they completed 3 of them, and then decided to break from Majora's Mask for the time being and start playing through The Minish Cap.  TSR had been playing through The Minish Cap, but eventually decided to switched over to Link's Awakening about three hours ago.  After completing that game, TSR has now switched gears to playing through Twilight Princess. No change in score or donations, just thought I would make a quick summary of what I missed.  But the best question I've asked so far is:  Why the heck am I awake so dang early?  O.O

12:30 PM - Past noontime, which means I'm finally fully awake by now, which also means I guess I should get around to doing some homework.  ;-;  TSR made it up to completing the second dungeon in Twilight Princess before switching back to Minish Cap to finish it up, so once again, both teams are now playing the same game.  Strangely enough, both teams have struggled with the game during this marathon, getting lost or confused as to what they're supposed to do next.  TSR is further into the game than OCT due to how much they played the game earlier on in the tournament.  Current score is roughly:
TSR ~3525
OCT ~2385

1:00 PM - Team TSR has just finished up Minish Cap, and is going back through parts of it to get more achievements before moving on back to Twilight Princess.  Current score is roughly:
TSR ~3565
OCT ~2405

3:00 PM - The Legend of Zelda Versus Marathon has been going on for 24 hours as of right now.  OCT is still working their way through Minish Cap, and surprisingly, TSR is also still playing Minish Cap, most likely still going for added achievements.  They oddly beat the game's final boss and went through the credits a second time a few minutes ago, and are still going about going back to find some more items to collect for achievements.  OCT is thinking of playing Four Swords Adventures after Minish Cap, while TSR still talks of returning back to Twilight Princess to continue to play through that game.  Current score is roughly:
TSR ~3905
OCT ~2515

5:10 PM - OCT just finished Minish Cap and is now moving on to playing Four Sword Adventures.  They will be playing the game with four players, so this should be very fun and interesting to watch.  Not sure if they've updated their score to include all of the achievements gained from Minish Cap just yet, but as of right now, the current score appears to be roughly:
TSR ~3965
OCT ~2655

6:34 PM - OCT has changed lanes from Four Swords due to one of their members having to leave for the day, and they have returned to playing Majora's Mask in hopes of finishing it.  TSR is still playing on through Twilight Princess.  The current score is roughly:
TSR ~4000
OCT ~2800

8:43 PM - OCT has unfortunately run into even more tech difficulties regarding Majora's Mask, which has crashed on them yet again, this time wasting nearly 2 hours of gameplay.  They have decided to forgo Majora's Mask and its crashiness in favor of its younger sibling, Ocarina of Time, making for the game's first apearance in this Versus Marathon.  TSR is still Twilight-ing on their side... the LoZ game, not the movie.  >=P  Not much updating has occurred score-wise, so the current score is roughly:
TSR ~4045
OCT ~2820

11:43 PM - About ready to turn in for the night again, which is still quite early compared to when I normally go to sleep.  I still have some homework I need to work on tomorrow, and I also want to try and get in some time on finishing up my long-awaited and well overdue update video.  Both teams are still working through their respective games: OCT on OoT and TSR on TP.  Donations are now at $111.00, meaning that the overall marathon time has been extended by an extra 5 hours.  Current score is roughly:
TSR ~4090
OCT ~2905

September 12
9:50 AM - Ah, how I like me some Zelda in the morning.  You know what I don't like in the morning, though?  Some homework as well...  =(  TSR has appeared to have finally finished Twilight Princess, and switched over to playing the original Legend of Zelda.  They completed the game in a little over 2 hours with 100% and no deaths, netting them massive points (about 1,100, if I calculate correctly), and they have now moved on to playing through Majora's Mask next.  OCT is still making their way through Ocarina of Time at a decent pace, having just reached the final dungeon in the game.  Donations still seem to have stopped at $111, although it appears that both teams have now updated their scores since last night.  Current scores are roughly:
TSR ~5590
OCT ~3285

11:40 AM - OCT has just completed Ocarina of Time, and is now preparing to begin playing through Zelda II.  Unless some more money is donated to extend te marathon by another hour, it is now running on less than 24 hours before it finishes tomorrow.  Current score is roughly: still the same.  =P

4:00 PM - The Versus Marathon has now been running for a little over 48 hours.  A few more people have donated since noon, and now the charity for Child's Play stands at $155, meaning that the marathon has been extended by a seventh hour and will now be ending at around 10 AM EST tomorrow.  Scores have also been updated, so the current score is roughly:
TSR ~5470
OCT ~4055

On a side note, TSR is failing miserably at trying to take out Majora's Water Temple Boss, Gyorg, with only five hearts.  It is hilarious.  >=D  EDIT: 4:27 PM They finally took him out after several tries and with only about 5 minutes left before the moon smashed into Termina.

5:20 PM - OCT has just finished Zelda II and has now decided to move back on to Four Swords Adventures rather than Oracle of Seasons like they originally planned.  They don't have enough players at the moment to continue on with the multiplayer, so one of their members will be continuing on in the game solo.  TSR is still working through Majora's Mask.  Donations have reached $170 as of right now.  The current score is roughly:
TSR ~5780
OCT ~4205

7:30 PM - TSR has finished up playing Majora's Mask, and has now moved on over to playing Ocarina of Time.  OCT is still playing through four Swords Adventures. Donation have increased by $20 since I last updated, leaving the total at $190.  The current score is roughly:
TSR ~5800
OCT ~4350

11:40 PM - Another day is coming to a close, and it looks as though there's been some very noticeable changes in the past few hours.  Both teams are still continuing to play through their respective games, with TSR on Ocarina of Time and OCT playing through Four Swords Adventures, but both teams have jumped up a decent amount of points.  Most noticeable, however, is that the donations total has taken a large leap from $190 to $312.50, meaning that the stream will be extended by an extra 10 hours, unless it hits the next donation milestone of $340, in which another extra hour will be added.  Some people have been busy little beavers, haven't they?  O_o; The current score is roughly:
TSR ~6040
OCT ~4540

September 13
6:50 AM - Woke up early because I have college classes to attend today, so my marathon updates today are unfortunately going to be quite lacking.  Both teams have moved onto separate games since my last update.  TSR has finished Ocarina of Time and has decided to tackle Oracle of Seasons, while OCT completed Four Swords Adventures and has chosen Link's Awakening as their next game.  The donation total as hit $361.00 as of this posting, meaning two things.  First and foremost, 11 hours have been added on to the end of the marathon, meaning that as it stands now, the Versus Marathon will run until 2 PM EST if I am not mistaken.  An extra hour will be tagged on if donations reach a total of $390.  Secondly, as promised by OCT, now that donations have reached and surpassed the magic number of $360, they will taking a sledgehammer and smashing the ever-loving crud out of one of their member's first XBOX 360 live on stream.  I'll still continue to try and update things when I can today, but they will be few and far between until well into the afternoon, so if you really wish to see the XBOX 360 smashing, I'd suggest you keep and eye on OCT's stream, as they say that they will be smashing it this afternoon.  Current score is roughly:
TSR ~6465
OCT ~4745

10:00 AM - Have a kind of break between my first class and my next, so I actually can type out an update now.  Also just ran into one of my Youtube subscribers, MrGloutube, so yay, there are a few people who are actually watching part of the marathon thanks to me.  I can now die happy... once I turn in all of my college assignments due today.  Anyway, OCT finished up Link's Awakening and has now moved on to Oracle of Seasons, which TSR is also continuing on, so now both teams are once again playing through the exact same game for the third time this marathon, I believe.  Donations have increased a small amount to $362.50, and the current score is roughly:
TSR ~6785
OCT ~5468

10:50 AM - Have to be heading back to college now, and I don't think I can access the streams from there, so this will probably be my last "live" update I will be making before the Versus Marathon ends.  Donations are currently at $365.50, and the current score is roughly:
TSR ~6825
OCT ~5490

Post-Marathon Wrap-Up

     Although both teams are going to recheck their achievements and re-tally their overall scores a rough estimate from the marathon's end has been established.  The final score: