Current Events

By RANews.

Contents

• Retro Olympics 2022
• Achievement of the Week 2023
• Simple Monthly Master
• The Unwanted
• RA Roulette 2023
• Challenge League Top 100
• Peak Streak
• Leaderboards of the Month
• Spot the Difference

Here’s the list of events that are open to join. This is a good way for players to get involved with the RA community.

For more info, check the Current Competitions and Hall of Fame of RA forum topic.

These events are open to any community member who wants to participate.

Retro Olympics 2022

• Forum topic: https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=18115
• Period: Event Complete
• Host: RetroOlympics
• The winner is Team France:
  • amine456
  • RaphMec
  • Pampa50
  • Adenothe
  • Tayadaoc

Achievement of the Week 2023

• Forum topic: https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=19685
• Period: January 2023 - December 2023
• Host: RAEvents
• Users tied in 1st with 9 points:

8bitsmephisto	AlexDD266	BahamutVoid
bigdud24	BizarroStormy	Braek
BrothersGames	CobaltZeroni	desnate
DoctorV	Doggy227	Erodion
fatyoshi	Femtopi	Fergdog
FlamingDoom	GalacticSpear	Halftail01
IcePhoenix	Jurbadis	KlydeKadell
LogicalFallacy	Lonoke31	MarioKness
nedescraft	Nezperdian	ParaParaKing
PenguGG	perdiga	Protoman07
Pudpod	roukanumachi	RuAntoshkin
Sairotra	Saschasushi	SmallRoach
Tayadaoc	TheJ5333	TheJohanx
TheLooseGroose	TheRealBillHicks	Whynot15
Wimpyfox	zahgurim

Simple Monthly Master

• Forum topic: https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=10753
• Period: May 2020 - Current
• Host: JAM
• Previous Winners:
  • 2022:
    • December: CuddleBugs
    • November: SuperMeatBro
    • October: CuddleBugs
    • September: CuddleBugs
    • July: AuburnRDM
    • June: AuburnRDM
    • May: Bendyhuman
    • April: AuburnRDM
    • March: AuburnRDM
    • February: AuburnRDM
    • January: AuburnRDM

The Unwanted

• Forum topic: https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=14787
• Period: July 2020 - Current
• Host: StingX2, televandalist and AuburnRDM
• Current Winners:
  • Month 31: Best Gamer: Amir96lx, Best Dev Fixer: ladynadiad
• Previous Winners:
  • Month 30: Best Gamer: genesislover, Best Dev Fixer: ladynadiad
  • Month 29: Best Gamer: genesislover, Best Dev Fixer: ladynadiad
  • Month 28: Best Gamer: genesislover, Best Dev Fixer: ladynadiad
  • Month 27: Best Gamer: NEOMAR, Best Dev Fixer: Falcus
  • Month 26: Best Gamer: NEOMAR and Lonoke31, Best Dev Fixer: ladynadiad
  • Month 25: Best Gamer: Cerlayjux, Best Dev Fixer: Falcus
  • Month 24: Best Gamer: Sairotra, Best Dev Fixer: Etron
  • Month 23: Best Gamer: multonic, Best Dev Fixer: kmpers
  • Month 22: Best Gamer: freezestar, Best Dev Fixer: Hotscrock
  • Month 21: Best Gamer: AuburnRDM
  • Month 20: Best Gamer: AuburnRDM, Best Dev Fixer: televandalist
  • Month 19: Best Gamer: AuburnRDM, Best Dev Fixer: SlashTangent
  • Month 18: freezestar and televandalist
  • Month 17: YahwehTzVaoth and Etron
  • Month 16: Sairotra and SlashTangent
  • Month 15: Xymjak and SlashTangent
  • Month 14: Tayadaoc and SlashTangent
  • Month 13: Tayadaoc and wilhitewarrior
  • Month 12: freezestar and televandalist
  • Month 11: Xymjak and SlashTangent
  • Month 10: ISmileyzI and SlashTangent
  • Month 9: Gamechamp and SlashTangent
  • Month 8: HolyShinx and SlashTangent
  • Month 7: multonic, Whynot15 and SlashTangent
  • Month 6: Blazekickn
  • Month 5: Kisumebuckets
  • Month 4: freezestar
  • Month 3: multonic
  • Month 2: guineu
  • Month 1: guineu

RA Roulette 2023

• Forum topic: https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=20193
• Period: January 2023 - Current
• Host: RAEvents
• Current Standings:
  1: malasdair - 8 Points
  1: Tayadaoc - 8 Points
  3: Akai - 6 Points
  3: amine456 - 6 Points
  3: genesislover - 6 Points
  3: Sutarion - 6 Points
  3: WanderingHeiho - 6 Points
  8: Alarju - 5 Points
  8: AuburnRDM - 5 Points
  8: Erodion - 5 Points
  8: FlamingDoom - 5 Points
  8: heintsi - 5 Points
  8: Lonoke31 - 5 Points

Challenge League Top 100

• Forum topic: https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=19615
• Period: January 2023 - Current
• Host: RAEvents
• Current Standings:
  1: Kaizard - 19 Points
  1: WanderingHeiho - 19 Points
  1: wolfman2000 - 19 Points
  4: pitapocket17 - 18 Points
  5: FlamingDoom - 15 Points
  6: Searo - 14 Points
  7: ShadwSonic - 13 Points
  7: thundere - 13 Points
  9: DaniloZlatan - 12 Points
  9: donutweegee - 12 Points
  9: Sines - 12 Points

Peak Streak

• Forum topic: http://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=12108
• Period: January 2021 - Current
• Host: Bendyhuman
• Current standings (* active streak):
  • NEOMAR* - 409 Points
  • Lonoke31* - 326 Points
  • NickGoat1990 - 266 Points
  • ShadwSonic - 245 Points
  • YahwehTzVaoth - 223 Points

Leaderboards of the Month

• Forum topic: https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=19693
• Period: July 2021 - Current
• Host: FBernkastelKues
• Top 3 Players:
  • AuburnRDM (303)
  • kmpers (203)
  • Emoon (151)

Spot the Difference

The RANews Spot the difference minigame was posted in a previous Fun section of RANews. The goal was to find all 10 differences between different parallel universes.

• Winners of Spotting the Difference:
  • 2023:
    • January: Jungon, roli300, Tayadaoc, Advent & TheFetishMachine
  • 2022:
    • December: Jungon, TheFetishMachine, LordKingGundam & roli300
    • November: roli300
    • October: Olafur
    • September: Olafur
    • August: Jungon
    • July: Ryudo
    • June: Ryudo
    • May: TheFetishMachine
    • April: TheFetishMachine
    • March: TheFetishMachine
    • February: Tayadaoc
    • January: Tayadaoc