The only slightly avid gamer Stallion83 (we can only assume Stallion1 through 82 died due to severe thumb inflammation) is half-way to his goal of achieving one million Gamerscore on Xbox 360, having hit the 500,000 mark in Achievement points on Friday. The (long) journey to the half-million milestone began in "early 2006," according to his blog, and ended by unlocking the "Tournament of Chumps" cheevo in Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures for XBLA. (In the fourth episode, "The Bogey Man," specifically.)
You can see a replay of the moment in the video we've popped in after the break. As for one million Gamerscore, Stallion83 writes that, "It's going to be a long process getting to 1,000,000, but hopefully I can make it there someday." Best of luck, and we'll be sure to post about your descendant, Stallion166, when he makes it!
@The Cole Train He has a life. About 27 or 28. He keeps a blog about his Gamerscore efforts. He works out, has a cute, and I'm sure quite tolerant GF -- calls her "Possum" on the blog; she REALLY is tolerant. Also does a podcast. I've been reading his blog because the whole thing is kind of interesting. Some days he does a "day in the life" blog post and details the gaming and other things he does.
Seems like a nice, sincere guy -- not a cheater or booster. 1milliongamerscore.com if anyone wants to follow him. Can't recall his twitter account name but it's on the blog.
Thing is, like I wrote, he apparently won't indulge in bona fide cheating. But he does things like leave Scene It! running overnight, presumably to wake up to achievements tied to things like the amount of time the game is played. It's not cheating per se, but he really didn't put in the gameplay time to earn those achievements, anyway.
It seems far more like a personal pursuit than a showoff deal, so if he wants to leave a game running to pick up achievements he does. He runs his own ethical compass, but he definitely has one. I know that sounds odd, that it's not showing off, but I think it's true. Everyone is obsessed with asking him when he works, makes a living. I assume he has a private income of some kind. Or Possum pays the bills. Whatever, it's their business.
The intrinsic value, besides sociological interest, of doing this over say reading the great works of literature or learning several languages or playing concert piano -- and what it will ultimately get him in the end is questionable. But this is his thing and he's dedicated to it, and it's interesting to watch him plod away at it with a patience I can't imagine having.
@Monty Airline Either you're him, or you're just a level-minded and rationale person; in either case, you have no business commenting on the internet. Everyone knows you're not allowed to be articulate or portray human compassion when posting on the internet... !
@xHaldirx She would have to with his heart being devoted to meaningless numbers. Love your lady Stallion, touch your lady, holy crap...you have a lady still! :)
@Monty Airline Great post! Anyway, I do the same thing myself (regarding achievements), though this guy has about 100 times more points than I do (just over 51 K for myself). I feel compelled to get as many achievements per game I play because it's a completion thing. I couldn't care less about what my score compared to another persons is and I won't play a game simply for the easy achievements it may offer. I have (Gears of War 2) comes to mind left my box running to earn certain achievements, but it's only because I won't to 100% the game (I did give up on on GoW 2; too many expansions that I don't care to play). In fact, right now, I'm looking to boost the Team Fortress 2 achievements in the Orange Box (NO ONE plays it) because I really, really want to get the full 1000 GS for it as personal satisfaction.
Man I'm down for that. Hopefully we could find enough people to play TF2 to where we wouldn't have to boost, but hit me up anyway. My tag is Technarchi.
Oh, you mean the joy of actually playing and exploring the depths of a game for the sake of a spectacular experience? Those days are still here my friend, but the way people abuse the achievements/trophies systems is terrible. You have one group that celebrates the fact they beat a game and have experienced a good story, and you have another group that celebrates the fact they got 100 Gamerscore.
Achievements and trophies aren't bad. They're fun. But what drives me to play games is to have an unforgettable experience. But when you play games FOR achievements, and achievements only...that's when there's a problem.
@Shadowbender Indeed. My interest in my gamerscore is used purely as a social reference. The lower my gamerscore is to everyone else on my friends list, the cooler I should feel....it doesn't work :-(
@superfrog1993 I get you're point, but I'm gonna go out on a limb & say all this isn't exactly like pulling teethe or getting kicked in the groin for this guy. He might be having a least a little bit of fun.
@superfrog1993 gaining a high gamerscore is pretty much the SAME as getting the highest score on a leaderboard...it may not appeal to everyone to be up there, but to those who do it's a big thing...i don't see anything wrong with what he's doing, b/c there's nothing wrong with it...people act like they have never gone through a game on the hardest difficulty just to be able to say "yeah, i beat it..."
@cliftonJONES No is not , u can buy shitty games like karaoke rev , american idol , fight night 3 easy 1000 points to get ur gamerscore higher but can't make 12000 kills with a rate of 3.9 kills per death with cheap shots. any1 can hunt ms points or trophies u just need time and trophie guides but to be on the top u need time + skills.
Even then, it's pretty sad that he would choose to play so much shovelware and other bad games instead of having fun, just to increase some number. It's kinda like people grinding in an MMO. It's sad.
Yeah, I could never bring myself to play Sing It! or High School Musical or any of that garbage. What I found kind of strange was that he sometimes has the same game three separate times for each different version i.e. German, Japanese, and American. Does that mean that he has a different Xbox for each of those regions? What a dude....
@Shadowbender Yeah, He is in violation of the agreement with Microsoft not to show video or pictures of the new dashboard. Sucks if he gets banned but should have thought this through better
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