David Dreger, better known to the Xbox community by his gamertag "Knuckles Dawson," finally saw the end to his 681-day Xbox achievement streak on Oct. 4. Dreger tells why it happened in his latest Achievement 101 feature on sister-site X3F. After receiving MVP status from Microsoft on Oct. 1., he finally made the decision to stop -- but it took another few days for it to actually happen. Dreger received at least one achievement on his Xbox 360 gamertag every day from Nov. 22, 2005 until Oct. 4, 2007.
Dreger, who is also a co-host on sister-site X3F's podcast, says he's accomplished all that he wanted to with the achievement streak. What finally made him stop his streak was a good game of Halo 3 with a friend while they were on the level "The Way the World Ends." Dreger says he's still interested in getting achievements as he is a self-proclaimed "achievement whore," but now is focusing on simpler tasks like getting his score to 54,321, to mirror when he had 12,345. Y'know, just for the heck of it.
Reader Comments (65)
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:46PM (Unverified) said
The kid played video games everyday, set a goal for himself, and he gets ridiculed?
Joystiq is a video game blog.
This should be the one of the few places where he isn't criticized.
I mean, we're all gamers, right?
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 4:24PM (Unverified) said
Pfft, yeah, Home and Trophies are where it's at. Just wait till I buy that sectional couch and dance on it!
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Posted: Oct 16th 2007 5:52PM (Unverified) said
Wow, what a fucking loser.
I'd hate to be that guy.
Oh shit.
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I'd hate to be that guy.
Oh shit.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 2:32PM (Unverified) said
didn't he want to take a vacation outside of his home once in awhile? The world is too big a place to waste away on achievement points everyday.
sad.
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sad.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 2:37PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, go on, play on the xbox live for 681 days, and 19 days before reaching a nice, round 700 days - QUIT,just for the heck of it.
What a rebel. Hope he regrets it.
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What a rebel. Hope he regrets it.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 2:37PM plyx said
He's got nothing on this guy:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162424.html
He was over 100,000 points almost a full year ago.
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162424.html
He was over 100,000 points almost a full year ago.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:32PM (Unverified) said
yeah but he used downloads to get alot of his achievements
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Posted: Oct 16th 2007 5:40PM In A World said
"yeah but he used downloads to get alot of his achievements"~cade
What's your point? Getting achievements from XBLA games is perfectly acceptable.
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What's your point? Getting achievements from XBLA games is perfectly acceptable.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 2:59PM (Unverified) said
There is actually a guide to get 9,000 easy in a weekend the thing is buying and renting a lot of sh*tty games.
Basically playing games like Yaris, actually this make me realize that achievements are cool if you just want to be a show off in some multiplayer games for example having all the achievements in multiplayer based games like shadowrun, Gears of war,Halo3 and Team fortress 2 is pretty damn impressive even if it just accumulates 6,000 a 6,000 Multiplayer Expert is more valuable in any team than a 18,000 player than plays Cars and Shriek the Third.
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Basically playing games like Yaris, actually this make me realize that achievements are cool if you just want to be a show off in some multiplayer games for example having all the achievements in multiplayer based games like shadowrun, Gears of war,Halo3 and Team fortress 2 is pretty damn impressive even if it just accumulates 6,000 a 6,000 Multiplayer Expert is more valuable in any team than a 18,000 player than plays Cars and Shriek the Third.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 2:39PM heytherekiller said
he neglected to mention that most of his recent achievements came from tetris splash
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Posted: Oct 16th 2007 2:41PM (Unverified) said
good work.. most kids his age just play with their Wii
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Posted: Oct 16th 2007 2:50PM (Unverified) said
Impressed...Not,there are guys that just glitch the achievements to get 61,000 anyway also that playing Cars and Fuzion Frenezy is not my idea of fun.
I just want to hit 10,000 or 12,000 and leave it there I have a job so like hell I'm going to be able to get 100,000 achievements.
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I just want to hit 10,000 or 12,000 and leave it there I have a job so like hell I'm going to be able to get 100,000 achievements.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:03PM (Unverified) said
Actually my X360 sez I have 7,000 of 14,000 possible achievements the thing is that I never feel like playing PGR3,PDZ or Forza 2 anymore I'm playing Halo 3,Viva piñata and Oblivion now.
I only need 3 online achievements in Halo 3 I bet you can imagine which ones,effing lag 1 second and I missed Steppin razor and 2 4 1 arrgg.I hate online achievements.
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I only need 3 online achievements in Halo 3 I bet you can imagine which ones,effing lag 1 second and I missed Steppin razor and 2 4 1 arrgg.I hate online achievements.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:02PM The Wicker Man said
no a nice young man. I dont understand how this is news. Plenty of people on X360a.org do the same thing. Maybe we wont have to hear him talk about himself in posts anymore.(oh nevermind.)
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Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:07PM foxhoundadam said
The impressive thing about this isn't that he has 50,000 gamerscore, it is that he got at least 1 achievement everyday.
Also, there may better things to do with your time than to get achievement points but couldn't it also be said that there are more important things to do than post on a video game blog? Hypocrites!
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Also, there may better things to do with your time than to get achievement points but couldn't it also be said that there are more important things to do than post on a video game blog? Hypocrites!
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:19PM (Unverified) said
-Achievement Unlocked:
-Shadow of the Colossal Waste of Time
-Earn more gamer points than number of breaths taken in same period of time.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:25PM aStagnantSleep said
Poor KD gets to much criticism for being on the intarwebz.
haterade
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haterade
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:44PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 3:56PM (Unverified) said
yeah, nice to see how you're somehow playing 5 games at once, i.e., yaris, looney tunes, testris splash, etc are all "last played" within seconds of each other. Same for your block on October 12th.
I got money to burn too, but I'm not going to pay someone to up my gamerscore.
-p-
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I got money to burn too, but I'm not going to pay someone to up my gamerscore.
-p-
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 10:20PM Mitch Dyer said
Wow. There is a ton of hate from a lot of you who are likely no different. The dude got achievements... It's not hard, but it requires dedication. Between writing for X3F, working his full time job, doing a podcast and living life, I'd say he's done quite well for himself.
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Posted: Oct 16th 2007 4:29PM UnnDunn said
Good on Knuckles for keeping it up as long as he did. I doubt there are many people who could keep a streak like that going for almost two years. Shit, I can't even keep a "daily gameplay" streak going for more than a week, forget about getting an achievement every single day.
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Posted: Oct 16th 2007 5:18PM urbantek said
seriously, i don’t know how many of you guys can talk shit when you all know you've spent many an all-nighter playing Halo, Fable, Half Life, Wii Sports, Metal Gear, Quake, or any iteration of Super Mario. Also, we all know gamers are not all fat guys with no lives or no girlfriend, so why do some of you continue with that.
I am a Gamer. I play as many games on as many consoles and PC’s as I can all because I like to play Video Games. Does that make me a loser? No. How does Knuckles Dawson differ then many of you that frequent this website. We all play Video games.
Most of you are just a bunch of fucking hypocrites.
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I am a Gamer. I play as many games on as many consoles and PC’s as I can all because I like to play Video Games. Does that make me a loser? No. How does Knuckles Dawson differ then many of you that frequent this website. We all play Video games.
Most of you are just a bunch of fucking hypocrites.
Posted: Oct 16th 2007 6:01PM (Unverified) said
i think the only games i've played all night were ff7 and ape escape
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