Xbox Live Marathon

Final Thoughts...for now...

If there is one thing we learned on our journey through Xbox Live Marathon Madness, was that the passage of time is directly related to the quality of participants you are involved with. It really helps to do this with your friends. They are the only ones that will keep you sane in those moments were the line between sanity and insanity converge.

The less "ass-hats" you play with, the better. We could literally feel the life-force getting sucked from our bodies when we were forced to endure a game full of attempted cheating, team-killing and objective sabotage. Special thanks again to the people from Xbox Magazine. They were some quality gamers that really boosted our spirits when we needed it the most.

Here is a set of links to every hour. I would suggest clicking the first hour and then scrolling through them using the arrows at the top of the entry:

1. Hour Number 1
2. Hour Number 2
3. Hour Number 3
4. Hour Number 4
5. Hour Number 5
6. Hour Number 6
7. Hour Number 7
8. Hour Number 8
9. Hour Number 9
10. Hour Number 10
11. Hour Number 11
12. Hour Number 12
13. Hour Number 13
14. Hour Number 14
15. Hour Number 15
16. Hour Number 16
17. Hour Number 17
18. Hour Number 18
19. Hour Number 19
20. Hour Number 20
21. Hour Number 21
22. Hour Number 22
23. Hour Number 23
24. Hour Number 24

Thank you again to all that participated and cheered us on!

Hour Number 24

We did it!

Twenty-four hours of Xbox Live! We started with Halo, we finished with Halo.

I will do a writeup after I sleep. G'night.

Hour Number 23

Oh my god one hour left...

We are at the state of tiredness where we reach regret and nauseousness.

It has gotten harder and harder to match up for games in Halo. I guess all the sensible gamers are asleep.

We did get in a few good matches though... enough to keep us energized and pushing through till the end.

Hour Number 22

I don't have to tell you this is getting hard. Normal people probably would have quit by now... but not us... we are just here... rallying... forever...

The light is at the end of the tunnel... or should I say the darkness of a nice, deep sleep.

Hour Number 21

Back to Rallisport Challenge 2...

I have to say... things are going in cycles right now and those cycles are fast... one minute you feel like time is flying and the deadline will come in a blink... the next moment you can't stand playing another round of whatever game you are playing and the minutes tick by like days.

The gentle rolling hills of a rally-cross race where not really keeping people awake so we switched over to Dead or Alive: Ultimate where at least the "scenery" is better.

Hour Number 20

DOUBLE DECADES!

More Halo with the Xbox Magazine guys. Lots and Lots of fun. They were all headed off to bed... but the marathon continued without them! We jumped into some team training... had some late night good times.

The end is near and you can hear it in everyone's voice that being close to the end is a good thing. There was alot of talk about 3rd and 4th winds... people climbing back on the horse for those final few miles.

Hour Number 19

One of the dudes from Xbox Magazine invited us to play some Halo so back we went... into the land of Bungie and Master Chief...

We had some really good games... best all day. It is amazing how much fun Halo can be when you are playing with mature and skilled people.

Hour Number 18

The Burnout 3 crash party continues... and so does the marathon!

Oh man is it EVER getting crazy! It is after midnight CST so it is all downhill from here! Every hour brings us closer to our goal!

I think everyone is getting a bit crazy... a little delirious... a little... freak show. We are losing our ability to comprehend reality...

Hour Number 17

H is for hour number seventeen and Halo... imagine that.

I am running out of things to talk about with Halo...

In fact, Halo got so mind numbing that we jumped back into Burnout 3...

Hour Number 16

You know what hour sixteen means? It means MORE HALO 2! The game that you just can't stay away from... well maybe after this marathon we will... or at least take a break!

The Halo we are playing this hour is the same Halo we played in the first hour... around we go. I would be lying if I said the enthusiasm wasn't slipping...