Just a spreadsheet update

I am still grinding through mainly wingman matches, with a little bit of horde mode sprinkled in here and there.Here is an update of the spreadhseet. My current Onyx Medal count is at 9.

2 More Onyx Medals Down!

I got two more Onyx Medals last night, both in horde mode. I got the Squad Leader and Loot Courtesan Medals Finished. This leaves 3 more Onyx Medals and 1 achievement left for horde mode. They are Big Money (which all of that money will go into silverbacks so I can unlock rockets and get the 500 kills required for the 1 achievement left), Horder which I need about 900 more waves played, which is fine because it may take me that long to get the silverback achievement and Architect which will require a lot of boosting with a 2nd controller. I will have to build a headquarters, finish a wave, back out of the game and do it again.

332 wingmans done, a S#IT left to go

Just have been private boosting this one.... While at work preparing for black friday. the one downside of retail. Ok one of the many, but still...

Kill Locust (Like A Boss) Achievement Completed

I know that it technically does not count as Seriously 3.0, But I will need it to eventually hit my target for 100% gamerscore on this game. I will be updating the spreadsheet in a couple of hours (I have to run to the store to get some more Mountain Dew MW3 codes.... I mean drinks). It was a pretty easy 100 points once I got four other lined up to help me tackle it.

Onyx Leader Medal

I was playing today and decided to figure out how long that one is going to take. It looks like to be the leader in CTL while in a private match, you have to play a minimum of 5 rounds, because you are the last in the rotation. I had it set to casual bots, with a 50 second capture time and it was taking 10 minutes to complete each game. Assuming that during that one round where you are the leader you are never captured, it would take 250 hours (not including the time that it takes to load each match). 11 Days is a little much and I am pretty sure if you try and idle boost this that you will more than likely be captured a high percentage of the time.

I am going to try and do this with a lower capture time and see how more efficient this can be.

And added to my "To Do List" Will be compiling the amount of time required to get each onyx medal.

****Edit****
I Just tried with capture time set to 10, and was able to get a leader ribbon in 5:30. That brings the time required down to 5.7 Days

Update To My Tracking Spreadsheet

It has been a while since I last updated the spreadsheet, and this will show you where I am. I have been doing a lot less actual Gears Playing due to working a lot, and MW3 playtime. This also shows the new Vengeful medal requirements as of title update 2. It makes boosting it a lot easier, but still it is going to be one of the most time consuming Medals.

Title Update #2 Coming Tonight!

Tonight there will be a title update, lets hope for a fix on the Vengeful Medal. Here is the link to the epic forums on the details...

Gears of War Title Update

I am not dead yet!

I have been making it a point to do the following everyday before I leave for work...

Start up a Horde private game with 2nd controller split screened, and play until about wave 8 or 9. this helps me with the following medals everyday...

Horder - (2000 waves of horde played) I have over 1000 done, and this will help me chip away at the last 1000)

Architect - (Founder ribbon 300 times) I still only have around 30 of these done, and at least 1 per day will maintain about a year to get seriously 3.0. (THIS is why I am using then 2nd controller, can not be done alone)

Squad Leader - (needed 500 total times) I managed about 200 playing with friends and working on beating it on insane, you will get this once per wave. (THIS is why I am using then 2nd controller, can not be done alone)

Big Money - It will help chip away at this as well. I am putting ALL of the money I get into the Silverback, so I can unlock its rockets and get the 500 rocket kills achievement.

Loot Courtesan - (100 Needed) I think I am around 90 completed, so I should get my Onyx medal for this sometime this week.


After that I set up my private match and go to work. When I get home from work I play an hour or so of another game (got to stay sane), and setup the private game again before bed.

I will update the spreadsheet again tonight.

Epic Glitch In My Favor: Receive Onyx War Supporter Medal

So, it looks like when I was boosting earlier in the week, I got the Onyx War Supporter medal. This is great because now I am not limited to the frequency of Epic events in order to get Seriously 3.0, and it now could just be knocked out with good old fashion private matches and everything else needed (Beast, Horde, Arcade).

I Forgot To Press Start!

I started up the game I wanted to idle boost while away on my trip, but forgot to press start twice to start the game. That wasted about 48 hours of boost time, and with Modern Warfare 3 coming out tonight, it looks like I am not going to get Seriously 3.0 for a little longer than first expected. My goal is to have it done before the Super Bowl.

New DLC, Some Progress, Going Away For 2 Days

I purchased the season pass (2400 MSP) so I now have been working on my new fortifications (and thus all of the remaining horde Onyx Medals). After I finished up with that last night, I went back to idle boosting warzone and skunker medals. I am less than 200 matches away from the onyx medal for warzone. I want to get this finished in the next 24 hours, because I will be gone for 2 days. Next game type I am going to try and boost will be wingman, and it will be interesting to see how many games can be boosted in 48 hours.

1st Round of GOW3 DLC Hits: Horde Command Pack

The Horde Command Pack became available today Details here, but I am not going to pick it up until Friday. Its not like I don't have a million other things to work on, and technically has nothing to do with Seriously 3.0 (even though I will get the DLC and go for its achievements).

In other news, there are no major updates. 2/3rds of the way to my Onyx Warzone Medal. I am going to try and finish it before Saturday, because I am leaving town for two days and that would be a great way to start off boosting Team Death Match. So little time, so many medals....