I'm sorry, but are you just trying to deter people from going for the badge? I don't recognise much of what you say as being necessary, particularly the requirement to start as soon as the FT day begins.

I'm not sure which part of your post was designed to make the challenge easier for people - or are you just celebrating your achievement? If you are, well, congratulations.

But I wasn't when I won the badge.

I disagree with Dippo on this one, I do see the point. I was a Centurion when I went for the badge, but much of what Mikey is saying does make sense. I started early in the day and just played steadily allowing myself breaks for lunch, that sort of thing. Had a bit of a rest in the afternoon, played all evening until about 1am local time, which was five hours before the day ended. I had some tips from others on the team about scoring heavily in a short space of time, which helped.

Mikey is right in that you need to be sure you have the time to devote to getting this bade, you won't get it in a couple or three hours. He is also trying to be encouraging to those at lower levels by saying you don't have to have been here for four or five years and be at a high level to get it. Anyone who puts in enough effort and scores enough points in a day can do it. If you happen to be at a low level when you start you might well find you pick up some badges and levels on the way as a sort of added bonus as well. You do however need to decide today is the day I'm going to go for it, and just be prepared to sit and play without distractions.

Good luck to anyone who reads these posts and decides to give it a go.

It was very good of you Mikey to write this with a view to inspire some of us to finally tackle this most daunting challenge. It is never very far away from my mind but I wouldn't want to be aiming for it more than once so I appreciate all the information you've given so that I can steel myself for the task at hand. I'm hoping for a very snowy day (lord knows, it could be anytime here actually!) when the kids are away and I have nothing pressing on my calendar! Thank you! And congratulations on getting the badge.

Dippo - Michael is giving some pointers based on his experience. He's young and enthusiastic - I vaguely remember the 'young' bit but I'm less sure about the 'enthusiastic' in my past.

I'm not sure I should be ranked as high in his estimation - PDAZ has more badges so definitely has a claim on being the top ranked female player.

He is right in saying that this is a badge I haven't made a serious attempt on, and am not sure that I ever will. Good luck to those who want to try and congratulations to Michael for achieving it.

Congrats on winning this difficult badge, Michael.
Like Dippo, I made my attempt long before I was a centurion - the main ingredients to achieving this badge are, in my opinion, commitment and stamina. I am sure that newbies on the site will find many useful strategies in your post - well done ;o)

For me, the main factor in helping me win the badge was none of the above. It was the encouragement of my team mates. They were constantly keeping track of any potential threats, letting me know how near they were, what their latest hourly scoring rate was, and generally cheering me on. Several of my UK team mates at the time also kept me company up till about 3 or 4 in the morning our time; that's what this badge is about, and I probably wouldn't have done it without their help.

That's very true. Several people kept me company as well and were encouraging me along. It does help enormously to know that your team mates are out there cheering you on.

It isn't just team mates. When I won the Endurance Badge I received a lot of PMs from several people who had also amassed a lot of points that day but already had the badge. They gave me encouragement and held back so that I could go on to win it.

@ Dippo: Unless they looked at the leaderboards for July 30, My teammates didn't even know I was doing this.
Teamwork can help, sure, but, you **had** to have the free time to do this; It's required that you do.
...and don't say that doesn't matter, because it does. You can't just pop out 35 000 on a work-filled day, you know?

@ Christina: Just saying: I'm not disagreeing with you or Dippo on this point. Of course it would help. Definitely. but, it certainly isn't a requirement, nor is it as vitally important as the 5 points above.
Teamwork isn't *required* in an marathon race made and built for *one* person, if you catch my drift. Your teammates--as helpful and as empowering as they can be--CAN'T bring your score for the day up for you; only *you* can do that.

@ Blood: Now, you have a badge that's named after you, sometimes; "Blood Badge". :P

Mikey, congratulations, but please don't assume that just because you have accomplished this great task, that others have done it *your* way.

I did it before becoming a Centurian, and I did not start just after the FT reset. It was more like 4 a.m. FT time. In addition, I had no 'strategy'. I just played that day, and sometime around 1 p.m., FT time, I realized that I was ahead of everyone else. It was only then, that I *tried* for it. My teammates noticed, on their own, and started offering encouragement. One or two were even there at the end (which was nice, because my children had long since gone to bed, thinking I was crazy, so there was no one at home with whom to celebrate).

One thing to add... The 'official' Brains for the day listing is often behind. If you are going for the Endurance, it's a good idea to actually view your competitors' profiles for up-to-the-minute scores.

My strategy was fairly straightforward.

I played every daily and hourly when available. In between, I did all the '24 hours of...' badgelets that were available at the time. When done with that, I did easy quizzes in For Children and other areas.

It gets a bit brain-busting, but it's actually not that bad. No encouragement either except for one person who spotted what I was doing. Not that I expected any.

I don't think your level makes any difference to endurance, only Gold Membership as all the hourlies and dailies there can add 1000 or so per hour alone. I haven't tried for endurance but may when it gets dark early and rains all day, but I did go for a badgelet of goodness knows how many quizzes on a subject, and did it all in a single day and came second with about 24,000 points, but was 10,000 behind the leader. The badgelet alone plus the usual dailies I play was enough to get endurance a couple of times a week, and had I seen there was a chance of winning I'd have played the other highest scoring hourlies, word wizard etc, and that took me around 14 hours with breaks so needn't be flat out or too widely spread quiz wise.

Hi all - This is my first forum post and I just wanted to say that I was very lucky on the day I won my Endurance badge in that I got it on the first try and had no serious competition. I did start early (which is what I think helps scare off challengers) and had a point goal in mind based on the winning totals from past days. Lots of checking. I echo what many have said about strategies and would encourage attempters to use the ones they are most comfy with. At the time I think I was also working on the Mission Impossible badge so I did a lot of games that contributed to that.

Lastly, I too received much encouragement from teammates and relative strangers who correctly sensed that I was going for the badge and wrote to assure me they would not pass me because they already had the badge. Since then I've had the pleasure of returning that favor to others.

shortthumbz: that was an EXCELLENT first post ! !
(congrats on the badge too, of course lol)

Hi, shorthumbz. I echo Jakeroo. An excellent first post. Welcome!

Congratulations on your accomplishments

There are a few non-Gold Members who have the Badge one of the most recent was Alan56, who himself was surprised that just with hourly games and daily games he was able eventually to achieve this feat, but it shows it can be done, although he does admit a couple who already had the badge stopped scoring that day to let him achieve it and this shows the sportsmanship that is about on this site.

It would obviously depend on who it is. There is no rule that says they have to and there is no rule that says they can't. The "centurion" thing doesn't matter. I haven't scored over 5,000 points in a day for at least a month, yet I am not only a centurion, but over level 120. Many people score more than 5,000 a day, and they aren't over level 100 (at least not yet).

I very, very rarely look at the top scores unless I am going for Endurance or the Three Keys badge. If I was beating someone who was going for Endurance that day, I would not know it unless they sent me a message (and sometimes it doesn't show when I do get mail).




In Obscurity, you can get 200 points for 5 correct. With Google (which is not only allowed but encouraged in Obscurity), that is easy, especially with the obscure lyrics that often come up. I didn't use it when I was going for Endurance, but it would have helped.