Blog of the Green Mage

Another Versus Marathon has arrived, and this time, it's for Metroid! Starting at 8 PM EST tonight, three teams will be battling it out through the sci-fi franchise to claim the top crown, while raising money and donations towards charity!

This time, the usual competitors of last marathon winner Ocean City Trinity (OCT) and the TripleSpeedRunners (TSR) will be joined by Versus Newcomer Team Mountain Gaming in a 3-way competitive marathon of the Metroid franchise. Lasting for 48 hours straight , the games will be played in chronological order of when they take place in the storyline. Scoring this time around is based off of a modified point-system from Versus Marathons passed, presenting teams with 25 points for finishing a game, another 25 or 10 points for getting the 1st or 2nd fastest time completing the game, respectively, and an additional point for every percentage of the game completed (a game finished at 52% rewards the team with 52 points, while a 100% completion gives 100 points, etc.) Games have to be played and finished in the predetermined order set before the marathon (posted below), but once a team has finished all of the games, they can return back to any previous games in any order to get a better completion percentage or attempt to obtain a faster time.

All donations to charity this time around go towards Architecture for Humanity, a "wonderful organization that provides design, construction, and development services where they are most critically needed.  Some of their more recent projects include helping to rebuild Japan and Haiti after the natural disasters that happened this year and last." (GameMarathons.com Versus FAQ) Greatly exceeding their estimated mark last time, the Versus Marathoners hope to raise around $2000 or more with this marathon. The previously used "extension to marathon length based on amount of donations" will most likely not be occurring this time around, as one team will not be able to go much beyond the 48-hour limit due to real-world activities, although the other two teams may or may not continue to play beyond that limit should they decide to later (competitive scoring wrapped up, of course).

Each team can be viewed on their own personal stream, but if you wish to watch all three teams at once, look no further: the streams have conveniently been placed side-by-side for your viewing pleasure here: http://oceancitytrinity.com/

GameMarathons.com Metroid Versus FAQ
Current Scoreboard

* Metroid (NES)
* Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
* Metroid Prime (GC)
* Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GC)
* Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (WII)
* Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)
* Super Metroid (SNES)
* Metroid: Other M (WII)
* Metroid Fusion (GBA)

Personally, I unfortunately won't be able to attend a majority of the marathon due to all of the shifts I will be working the next few days as well as all of my projects I'm working on, which is also why this marathon post is lighter in detail than previous ones. I will still be occasionally dropping in to see how things are going and where the teams stand, though, just not as often as I have for the Zelda and Mario Versus Marathons. Here's to hoping for yet another great marathon, best of luck to the teams, and most importantly, hope everyone has fun!