It’s time for the latest update of the 2014 leaderboard, where we can see the early shuffling of places that has gone on. For a brief introduction to how it works, here’s a recap of AIR‘s explanation:
This leaderboard is going to be ran a little differently to the others in that we will be looking at your percentage gain in trophy points over the course of the year. Now the way to enter is pretty simple and is detailed below along with some other rules:
- You must update your trophy card once if already listed on the main board in February or at any point thereafter and this will be used as your “Start Point” for the year.
- If you are a new to the TSA Trophy Leaderboard, you will be added upon your first update that I see on the leaderboard.
- People deemed to be cheating will be removed from the leaderboard.
- The 2014 Leaderboard will be run in tandem with the TSA Trophy Leaderboard, tracking the same trophy card updates.
- In the event two or more entrants have the same percentage gain. The person who is highest in the TSA Trophy Lederboard while be ranked higher.
As an aside, PS4 trophies will only show up in your trophy card if you have set these to be viewable by everyone in your privacy settings.
It’s possible that trophy cards are now updating automatically, as long as you log into the new PlayStation site once, though to be on the safe side, assume that they don’t.
| Pos. | Name | Pos. Change | Start Point | Current | Percentage Gain |
| 1 | Avengerrr | 4 | 21810 | 30585 | 40.23% |
| 2 | Lyts1985 | -1 | 65205 | 82110 | 25.93% |
| 3 | dividsmythe | -1 | 89040 | 108585 | 21.95% |
| 4 | shev88 | -1 | 69555 | 84705 | 21.78% |
| 5 | PoorPaddy89 | -1 | 74550 | 87405 | 17.24% |
| 6 | Bluet0nes | 0 | 39870 | 45390 | 13.84% |
| 7 | Forrest_01 | 0 | 174900 | 198270 | 13.36% |
| 8 | freezebug2 | 1 | 132045 | 147990 | 12.08% |
| 9 | zb100 | -1 | 48240 | 54030 | 12.00% |
| 10 | citizeninsane45 | 0 | 122445 | 134880 | 10.16% |
| 11 | Crazy_Del | 0 | 298470 | 328755 | 10.15% |
| 12 | shrek9 | 0 | 269085 | 294765 | 9.54% |
| 13 | Youles | 0 | 105180 | 114975 | 9.31% |
| 14 | teflon6678 | 0 | 74670 | 80955 | 8.42% |
| 15 | Wilbossman | 0 | 139320 | 151005 | 8.39% |
| 16 | tonycawley | 1 | 82590 | 87855 | 6.37% |
| 17 | llcj112 | 1 | 64425 | 68490 | 6.31% |
| 18 | McProley | 1 | 92670 | 98220 | 5.99% |
| 19 | ron_mcphatty | 2 | 39855 | 41475 | 4.06% |
| 20 | Cerberus64 | 2 | 148965 | 154455 | 3.69% |
| 21 | BAMBO_19 | 2 | 108345 | 111855 | 3.24% |
| 22 | LKB1 | 4 | 123030 | 126210 | 2.58% |
| 23 | germ1984 | 5 | 216570 | 216570 | 0.00% |
| 24 | ron_mcphatty | 5 | 41475 | 41475 | 0.00% |
| 25 | LegendishThingy | 6 | 39060 | 39060 | 0.00% |
gazzagb
“the forums – which are still down”
Are there any plans to get the Forums back up? I know they weren’t the liveliest of things, but it would be nice to get them running again.
Or maybe, it’s time for a different approach, wasn’t there (briefly) a chat room? That may get some of the conversations away from twitter, which seems to have been the main reason for the decline of the forums over the past couple of years.
Avenger
Yeah it’d be good to have some way to organise meets, and have some slightly more detailed chats about certain games and trophies. Does anyone know what actually happened to the forums yet. Was it a hack or corrupted code?
gazzagb
I have no idea. I would have thought if it was a hack or some form of security breach, we would have been told, but who knows.
Stefan L
It wasn’t a hack or any data corruption. All the posts are still there, but they just won’t show up. For a number of reasons (chiefly that we’re busy!) it’s taking longer to fix than usual, but we’re also weighing up our options.
I’ll keep on nagging on your behalf though. :)
ron_mcphatty
As a non-Twitter person the lack of lively forms is a bit of a downer. Not that it’s anyones fault, except maybe mine for not getting on with learning how Twitter works? The forums have been good over the years, it’d be a shame to see them go but I’d understand if they had to.
freezebug2
Sadly, I think that the forums are gone. There have been issues in the past with the forums but everything was resolved in quite a short time period but this has gone on for so long now it seems obvious that there is no will at all by the powers to keep them going.
Maybe Twatter killed them in the end :(
gazzagb
Yeah, I remember last time the forums went down and we switched from the WordPress one to the BB one, it took a couple of weeks, but it doesn’t seem like anything’s happening. I get that everyone is busy with their own lives, but it would be nice to at least know if we’ll ever see it again…
Jones81
Thanks for the mention. Still absolutely loving alien, been playing it all day but im not sure it’s good for your mental health playing for long stretches. I also tried hard mode for a bit but that was insane, dropped it back to normal but it’s still tough. When the aliens stalking you through an area its this weird feeling of intense stress and fear mixed with pure adrenalin, possibly game of the year for me if it holds up til the end.
Meant to get on mordor and destiny but alien is just so addictive. With this and outlast and the pt demo i think horror has got to be the most interesting genre in gaming at the mo, daylight was pretty good aswell
Jones81
Ps i wonder what Ridley Scott thinks about it?, it’d be pretty cool if someone got him to have a go on it for a feature or something. No idea if he likes gaming though!
NotSmartEnough
Absolutely loving Alien: I’m a huge fan of the film and I think that CA have done a great job; the audio in particular is outstanding.
I started on hard difficulty and I’m persevering, but I find playing it draining: being stalked by the alien is genuinely stressful, having to hold L2 to stifle the sound of Ripley’s panicked breathing while the monster hesitates in front of your hiding place is one example of the game’s genius!
Jones81
Couldn’t agree more, the audio in both music and effects is outstanding. Yeah those locker bits are tense!, the alien actually found me in one even those i was silent!.i’ve tested a few things out and literally is totally unscripted, that must have taken a lot of work to get right
NotSmartEnough
Yeah, the alien AI is impressive; the androids and humans seem to use a more standard predictable approach, but it really feels like the alien is hunting you.
I think it’s the combination of the unpredictability and the powerlessness that creates the stress. Playing it is a labour of love at times!
I’m saving ‘crew expendable’ for when I’m feeling a bit braver. Hoping for some helpful advice from Lambert as I crawl through the air ducts: “not that way Dallas!”