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firkinblin

Points: 32,195 (79,461)

Site Rank: #1,595 of 84,839 (Top 1.88%)

Last Activity: 19 minutes ago

Member Since: 26 Feb 2023

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Player Stats

Achievements unlocked

5,323

Total games beaten

79 (65 retail)

RetroRatio

2.47

Started games beaten

39.02%

Points earned in the last 7 days

1,388

Points earned in the last 30 days

2,307

Average points per week

325

Average completion

44.53%

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Forum posts

58

Achievement sets requested

8 (7 left)


Progression Status

Unfinished

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Mastered

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Comments:
RetroVanny 18 Jan 2024 18:58
Congrats on the Banjo-Kazooie Mastery, game is phenomenal 🔥
firkinblin 18 Jan 2024 22:05
Much appreciated! And yes, it really stands the test of time. 🧩
firkinblin 1 Jun 2024 01:01
A bit about myself:
I'm an English teacher living in 🇷🇺. I travel constantly and am a street photography enthusiast. I'm also active with wildlife observation on iNaturalist. Same username for all that. I'm a proud husband and friend to many. So when I'm not busy with all the life stuff, here I am to play my heart out.

Some things I love: Shin Megami Tensei, Fire Emblem, Mother 3, Pokemon, Vladimir Lenin, Edward Hopper paintings, weevils, and post punk.

My profile picture is taken from Alexander Strelnikov's painting exhibit "Guests from the Future".
RetroVanny 28 Jun 2024 13:59
Congrats on the FF3 mastery! I gotta start working on FF more, love that series
firkinblin 28 Jun 2024 16:14
@RetroVanny Thanks! That one is a slight pain to master due to job grinding, but not nearly as bad as the PSP version+subset. I'll do them both later when I feel the desire to replay it again. The DS version is definitely the better one to start with. It's a series worth completely mastering.
bryandelmond 3 Nov 2024 23:40
Congratulations for mastering Path of Radiance! I think I'm the only one who thought that game was hard lol, maybe I just suck. But still great mastery my dude!
firkinblin 4 Nov 2024 09:14
Thanks. Lol, don't worry, all Fire Emblem games are tough in their own right. I'm just used to playing the newer ones that have Lunatic+ difficulties where all the enemies are overpowered and have some skills like Counter or Luna -- something you just don't see in PoR, where the skill system was still a primitive concept and rarely made things more difficult.

But if you enjoyed PoR, I can only recommend the 3ds and Switch titles -- FE:Three Houses has some of the best character development and replayability since all the units can be customized from the ground up (and the Black Eagles route is phenomenal.) And FE:Engage has some of the best maps, mechanics, and raw challenge in the series, but the characters are forgettable and a bit on the "weeby" side. It's one of the few series that has actually improved quite drastically over the past decade, in my opinion.
bryandelmond 4 Nov 2024 09:51
Thanks, but I'm probably not touching an SRPG for quite some time. Not a big fan of the genre, unfortunately, the battles always last for way too long IMO. But if I do, I'll be sure to keep your recommendations in mind! Thanks!
RetroVanny 13 Nov 2024 17:49
Welcome aboard the fellow Bounty Hunters Bronze League, we hope you enjoy your stay 🎩
firkinblin 13 Nov 2024 19:14
Congrats to you, too. I procrastinated a lot, so I'm happy with Bronze. Not sure how people even made it to Silver or Gold unless they decided to give up their GameCube Gold, which I would much rather have. Just need to try to master Twilight Princess in two days and Shrek or something. 😆