Blaugust, as envisioned by Belghast of Tales of the Aggronaut, is a festival of blogging, a celebration of content creation of the written word variety, and a community-building activity for people participating in a medium that many consider to be dying or already dead. Although Blaugust awards are granted for established blogs who put out at least five posts during the month of August, I’ve set my sights on the Rainbow Diamond award, and am planning a post per day for the entire month.
As much as I love collecting achievements (or nerd points, as I started calling them soon after they were introduced in World of Warcraft back in 2008), I’ve never been particularly interested in trying to 100% most things. Even in games I’ve really loved and played to death, it seems like there’s always that one achievement that feels impossible, or forces you to play in a way that you don’t enjoy. I’ve mostly elected to collect nerd points only so long as I’m enjoying the process, which fits right in with my Play to Satsifaction theory.
Now, Blaugchievements are different. I knew when I started that I wanted the top trophy, and I was going to do whatever I could to get it. Now, just one day from the end of #Blaugust2022, I’m going to sum up my personal Road to Platinum.
(In all honesty, I was going to do most of this stuff anyway…)
The Post-Specific Blaugcheivements
Tips & Tricks for Staying Productive and Avoiding Burnout – August 2, 2022
Welcome to the Club(house) – August 5, 2022
The Spirits of Hobbies Past – August 12, 2022
Your Summer Safari – Five Photo-Snapping Games – August 7, 2022
Pay No Attention to the Nerd Behind the Curtain – August 9, 2022
Quick Look – In Sound Mind – August 15, 2022
Blaugust Reviews Humble Choice August 2022 – Unwise Owl – August 29, 2022
The Joy In Everything That’s Not Blogging – August 16, 2022
Pushing Through the Rough Spots – August 23, 2022
The Boy Scouts Had It Right All Along – August 29, 2022
The Non-Post-Specific Blaugchievements
The non-post-specific Blaugchievements fall into one of two categories. About half are of the you played the game, have nerdpoints variety, and most of the rest are nebulous and harder to point to the moment of completion. Suffice it to say, that all of those I feel I completed over the course of the month, but there’s a couple I wanted to highlight.
Two folks signed up for #Blaugust2022, and explicitly gave me the credit for this achievement. If you haven’t popped in and said hi to Jaedia at Dragons and Whimsy or DarksydeTed at Dispatches from Darksyde, it’s not too late, go do that now.
Okay, this one specifically talks about sharing pet pictures in the Blaugust Discord, which I did, but you all deserve dog photos as well!
And In The End…
As of yesterday’s post, I completed the Going Platinum Blaugcheivement, and tomorrow, I will earn my Rainbow Diamond Award for the year with my September goals post. It’s been a wild ride again this year, and I am glad to have shared it with so many friends, both new and old.
Nerd Girl Thoughts 