UPDATE: 23th july
Our first game Final Fantasy 5 has been beten in the time 12.32.
Countdown: IT HAS STARTED
Tantalus 4 is live-streaming from Sweden right now!
Hello there everyone!
This summer me and some of my friends realised we had something in common - a decent ammount of freetime. Intending to do something about it, we will be holding a final fantasy marathon to entertain ourselves and hopefully an audience - that being everyone willing to watch from a safe distance via livestream.
So, about us then. We're a group of 4 friends who've known eachother for the last few years, mostly via studies. We're either students, or in my case, soon-to-be-student after having completed my compulsory military service in the swedish army (two weeks ago). This idea came about a few months ago, and we formed the group "Tantalus 4" for pure fun.
Tantalus 4 marathon rules:
Time limit: The goal is 10 days (240 hours)
Consoles: PS3, Nintendo DS (for FF III)
Style: Single-segment (saving allowed, but limited by time). Only one game at the time, and we count it completed once we have defeated the final boss.
Tantalus 4 marathon information:
Games: FF I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIII
Members: MasterSundberg (VI, VIII, XII), KingVikmo (I, V, IX, X), Emanuel (II, IV, VII, X, XIII), Rickard (III, VIII, X, XII, XIII)
Date: 18th July
Recording: The games will be live-streamed from our website. Also, broadcasts from other events/random stuff will be added.
Website: Tantalus 4 | Home
Game order: 13, 2, 8, 5, 1, 12, 4, 10, 6, 7, 9, 3
Location: Sweden, MasterSundberg's or Vikmo's apartment
More info will be added as time passes. Stay Tuned!
So what do you people think? Will we make it or not? :D If you have questions or are interested, about anything, ask away or visit our website at Tantalus 4 | Home It's kind of plain, but works for our purpose.
Update 7th July
Everything is coming along! The time-limit is tight, but we're working hard on preparing ourselves (more on that later). In the pipeline right now is FF I, III, VII and VIII. From what I know, everything is going well except me trying to rush VIII before I get a good str-junction.
Update 13 July
The game schedule is ready. It may still change, but this is the plan! We choose the current game-order because 1) We will need to rest and 2) Watching 6 2D-games in a row might get at bit tiresome. Also, we had to move the start-date a few days, mainly because it's getting increasingly hard to keep the time plan. Most trouble right now are FF VI (No Joker Doom, no fun), FF VII (really unforgiving at low-levels before you get to the good parts of the speed-run) and FF IX (limit-glove and only do so much). Comments, tips and strategies are always welcome!
On to the good news! Things are moving forward. We feel a great deal of the games are under control, in the "under control"-section are FF I, FF II, FF III, FF VIII (though Griever's shockwave-pulsar can be a bitch) and FF X (Rikku saves the day!). On the flip-side, we've hardly started on some games and other games are truly challenging.
Location: Johan's or Joakim's apartment.
Start: July 22, 12.00 Local time (GMT +1)
Game order: 13, 2, 8, 5, 1, 12, 4, 10, 6, 7, 9, 3
UPDATE: 19th july
The pressure is rising rapidly as July 22 approaches us. The marathon will start in 3 mere days, and I tell you, we really look forward to it with fear-mixed anticipation! Everyone is working furiously to get ready and pull stuff together. An apartment has been more or less re-organized and is now pimped with 2 televisions, a PS 3, two PS 2, a PS 1, 3 computers, a mixer-table and a nintendo DS.
The picture-in-picture view is ready, along with most of the games. Still in progress are FF IV, FF VII and FF XII.
Here's the time-table!
XIII (R, E) 20 h [22th, 12 pm]
II (V) 25 h [23th, 8 am]
VIII (S) 25 h [11 pm]
V (E) 17 h [24th, 12 pm]
I (V) 13 h [25th, 5 am]
XII (S, R) 25 h [6 am]
IV (E) 25 h [26th, 7 pm]
X (V, R) 20 h [27th, 8pm]
VI (S) 15 h [28th, 4 pm]
VII (E) 25 h [29th, 7 pm]
IX (V) 20 h [30th, 8 pm]
III (R) 20 h [31th, 4 pm]
Denotings: Rickard, Emanuel, Vikmo, Sundberg
Here it is! As you can see, Rickard and Emanuel will start playing XIII the 22th. It will of course change over time as we screw up/improve. The times are 01+ GTM.
UPDATE: 21th july
The countdown has begun my friends! In about 18 hours, we'll try to complete a full final fantasy marathon, which to our knowledge will be a world-first (completing the full marathon, that is). The above time-table is out of date, the first game will be Final fantasy V - but more on that later. As for me? There is still much to do. Playing even more FF, preparing the apartment, the live-cam and pesky details such as food and caffeine.
See ya tomorrow!
Regards from MasterSundberg and the Tantalus 4 crew.
