Ready for an obnoxious, rambling post? Well, you're getting one anyway.

Thank you everyone for the congratulations and kind words. I had a ton of fun with this Challenge.

First, I would like to thank my parents for sitting me down in front of an Atari for hours on end when I was three years old. The hand-eye coordination I developed during my formative years has finally paid off. Suck it, social workers.

I would like to thank Not Sure and Fernin for running this competition. I know it took many hours and days of planning this event, not only picking the games but also setting up save states and coming up with a diverse range of challenges. I appreciate all the hard work. And speaking of the games, you guys did a fantastic job picking mixing up the games to keep the Challenge from getting stale. I really had a blast.

I'd like to congratulate all the competitors, but I'd specifically like to give shout outs to all the guys who made an effort every week to send in a run--lavalarva, Ghandi, Pandajuice, Mellowmeek, and I'll include Capt. Fantastic in there since he got boned in the last week. PJX, you were also tough. You guys helped make the Challenge really fun and kept my competitive juices flowing and made the Challenge even more fun. Particularly you, lava. You had some absolutely dominating runs. Well done. Given another set of ten games, you definitely could have taken first.

A special thanks to Cameron, for his tips for River City Ransom. I had never played the game so those were much appreciated.

A shout out to my IRC brothers and sisters. A win for Klimbatize is the same thing as a win for the IRC. This virtual trophy is as much yours as it is mine.

Whoa, sorry...I'm getting emotional. Must keep it together. Because I have one last thing I want to say. I hadn't planned on it going down this way, but I'm so overcome with happy feelings that it's just bursting out of me...

Fig, will you marry me?

:O