Achievement Whoredomination

[Swaki]

but do try WoW, i had 2 years of fun whit that game, it even got me laid once.

Wait, what? Do tell... I didn't think the disc could be used like that!

well i met my first love because we where in the same guild and luckily lived 10min from each other, but thats not the story of the getting laid, that was more my incredible charm, i was on a trip to London about a year ago and ran into this drunk chick wearing a horde t-shirt, we talked about our characters and the game AND NOTHING ELSE for an hour before we went back to my room.
also, roll horde, its where the chicks are.

Horde...hmmm.... I can't remember all the races for that one; the Orcs, undead, taurens,trolls and blood elevs right?

now its right ^^

 

[Azure-Supernova]

I think people who have been saying "casuals" may have their words mixed up. Achievements and trophies, they're not for casuals... Sadly it's one of those things, I love that feeling of acomplishment when i get myself a new Platinum Trophy.

If anything though, they're just an incentive to get casual players more into the experience, as well as something to reward the dedicated players with.

 

[anaximanes_1978]

To me, as if my opinion mattered, it seems that achievements are a "false" reward for doing something that amounts to nothing. That is, like some lab animal, if you jump through the hoop, you get the meaningless cheese puff. The difference being that lab animals are smart enough not to pay for their "achievements". And when I say meaningless, I am implying that, to me, curing cancer is an achievement, but killing some video game boss with 8 other people amounts to, sadly, nothing.

I am a gamer, hardcore, my entire life. I own every video game system ever made, and I do enjoy gaming. But, I fully believe that achievements on any game NEVER define a gamer, or how good you are at anything in games (especially MMO's). And the only achievements that matter in the world are ones that effect other people in positive ways in the REAL world. That said, if your self esteem is low or you compulsively/habitually need a reward of some kind to feel a shred of accomplishment, then I respect your decision, but I also pity you at the same time. Game on!

 

[camazotz]

Is it not very insulting to claim that this guy has no life?
For all we know, he just found a way to quickly beat all of the achivements and dedicated a small portion of his life to doing just that.

Odd, yes, but so is collecting stamps and such.

Er.

There's really no quick way to beat some of these. For example, the 100 mounts one requires you to get some of the rare mounts at ~1% drop rate off of a certain boss.

It's possible that this man has the luck of the devil, but let's be real here. That, plus topping the arena charts in not one but three brackets takes insane effort on its own.

Yeah, I couldn't accomplish 1/100th of the achievements and still remain employed 40 hours a week, sleep 8 hours a day, or maintain my marriage. Although ironically my wife is a bigger WoWhead than I am, does not work, and has horrible sleep habits, so maybe she'll get close to achieving them....hmmm, I think I need to suggest she vary her hobbies a bit....