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Man to be the first to "finish" WoW. G&T whats your response?
delphinus
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Man 'finishes' World of Warcraft
Wednesday 2-Dec-2009 10:46 AM Taiwanese player completes all achievements
A Taiwanese man has been named as the first player to 'finish' World of Warcraft.
'Little Gray', as his character's known, is the first to successfully complete all of the MMO's 986 achievements listed in the armory, reports MMO Champion.
To reach the milestone the Taiwanese power-player killed 390,895 creatures, accumulated 7,255,538,878 points of damage, completed 5,906 quests (that's 14.62 quests per day, apparently), raided 405 dungeons and hugged 11 players.
The achievement hasn't arrived without some controversy though; WoW-heads point out that technically he's still missing one illusive, event-tied achievement (called "BB King"), but he's managed to dodge it via a glitch awarding one extra, false achievement point.
We say he's not a man until he tracks down and gets that last achievement legitimately.
I'm cross posting this from several other sites just to see what PA's response is to this news. I think it's interesting to see what gamers think of other gamers who have higher degrees of dedication to the hobby.
As a non-player of WoW, I think this acheivement was humanly improbable. The funds, the bills, the sheer skill it would have taken to do this is downright astonishing. Not impressed per se, but still holy shit. From what I'm told, this player also needs some serious teammates to get some of the loftier achievements. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the total play time yet.
Please post your reply before reading the topic inside, it'd be great to hear your first thoughts before the following influences your opinion.
There's an alternative reason for me to post this story. There's a general reply from most boards of either "get a life" or "hasn't had sex for sure"/ "needs to get laid". I know most people aren't too on board with the 'games as art' or games being a respectable medium, but surely something can be said about a gamer who is too much of a gamer. Do our own responses work against us? Are we just adults continuously deluding ourselves with a children's hobby?"
I don't see other mediums getting hit with the same reactions. No one says, dedicated rock musicians or art gallery types don't get laid or any other condescending comments.
No one draws these conclusions:
I watch lots of TV/movie, therefore I haven't had sex.
I listen to lots of music, therefore I don't get laid
I collect/view/appreciate/read lots of books or art. I don't have sex.
People on these forums continuously bring up games that draw them in, whether aesthetically or emotionally. These same games have stories that move us, cause us to cry, scream out "FUCK YEAH!/YOU!", as much as any other art form with its immersion. But with responses like the ones to this particular story, it makes me wonder: "As adults, are we just kidding ourselves?"
I don't see other mediums getting hit with the same reactions. No one says, dedicated rock musicians or art gallery types don't get laid or any other condescending comments.
No one draws these conclusions:
I watch lots of TV/movie, therefore I haven't had sex.
I listen to lots of music, therefore I don't get laid
I collect/view/appreciate/read lots of books or art. I don't have sex.
People on these forums continuously bring up games that draw them in, whether aesthetically or emotionally. These same games have stories that move us, cause us to cry, scream out "FUCK YEAH!/YOU!", as much as any other art form with its immersion. But with responses like the ones to this particular story, it makes me wonder: "As adults, are we just kidding ourselves?"
GO G&T!
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Not trying to be a cutting edge newsjournalist, but the character was Tauron Druid on the WraithBringer server. From what I've read, he's also gotten the server firsts as well.
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But really.. meh. Not impressed, personally.
people used to claim that beating wow is beating all the raids, it's all a game of classification
if this is how this guy wants to spend his time, whatever, power to him. but it's silly to call a game with a subscription "finishable"
Games journalism.
The guy would have to spend just about every waking moment playing to actually nab all of those.
Oh, and "sheer skill" also doesn't really apply. Sheer time, sure.
I also imagine its kind of his life. Which is ok, I guess, if he's happy with it. I can't imagine its a healthy way to live but I'm not really willing to post on a videogame webforum about how some random guy in Taiwan should spend his time more productively.
I'd be similarly impressed by a report that somebody has managed to unlock all the achievements possible on XBL...
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I'd be impressed more at the amount of money that would take. Even renting that would cost a pretty penny.
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That would cost 10s, maybe 100s, of thousands of dollars, though. Completing all the achievements in wow only destroys one man's life. :winky:
That's one theory that's being tossed around. And it certainly is a normal trend around LAN cafe's in Asia.
Just try to imagine what that account is worth on Ebay...
I'm assuming he got most of the raid achievements from actually contributing (and not getting pulled through the zone), so that means he had to be at least a little bit skilled (so he doesn't stand in the fucking fire) but really, all it comes down to is having a fuckton of time on your hands.
Am I impressed? I don't know honestly, that's a gigantic time commitment, but I don't know if I would say I'm impressed.
I'd give him a high five ... then forget about it.
Odds are he hasn't had any in a long.... long time. And not just any hooker - one that has the patience to run him through the process, since he likely has forgotten what it's like to be with a woman that didn't have purple skin and floppy rabbit ears.
Actually the joke would be on everyone if tomorrow his account goes up for sale on Marquee Gamer. I'm sure some jackoff would pay top dollar for an account who had every achievement already obtained, and I'm sure the character is pimped out as well.
Game trading isn't a complete unknown... And who says the idle rich couldn't have a hobby? I simply wouldn't care either about the logistics or the effort. In either case.
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Like Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth. But with controllers.
I've always wondered, how do these people do it? Nevermind the actual playing, surely they have some financial obligations, or just someone noticed they were missing? o_O
Y'know what? I would not at all be surprised if he does sell it and I wouldn't be surprised if it sold for some ridiculous price.
Another friend of mine would hop servers with him back when they were still popping them out on a semi-regular basis and this guy was almost always online. I have no doubt he'd have clocked in an absurd amount of time played had he stuck with one character. He had no obligations or desire to interact with the world at large, so the sky was the limit.
don't care
i normally wouldn't bother to post it, as it seems rather dickish; but, you asked.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH
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oh right
And every hobby has the stigma of the guy or girl who goes too far.
I remember a guy in my WoW guild got hit by a car when he was a kid and it fucked up his leg and he was living off that money or something a long those lines. Still, even without a job and seemingly only basic social obligations, he never could have come close to getting every WoW achievement.
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"...*pant*....*pant*... There.... the task is complete. Azeroth is safe. And now... a much deserved rest..."
"Uh, sir... it's Tuesday. They just patched in 50 more achievements."
"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU---!"
I play about 15 hours of 360 minimum during the week and still only have about 8k gamerpoints.
Ofcourse, I have never played for achievement points but i thoroughly spend the time immersing myself in a game.
Then there are LOTS people with 20 to 40k, which compared to my score I should be given merit to call them names. (I won't because most of my friends list is composed of the awesome people of G&T. I just don't think the 'get a life' status is as rare as you think.
Yes. That is how it works. "Billy plays more than ME? He needs to get a life."
Obviously I have a high gamerscore. It's not necessarily something I'm proud of, only something that is. I know of one cat who, last time I'd bothered to check, had more than 60,000 points... And he is an obsessive gamer and deeply competitive about it. He's also in a position where he can accomplish it more easily than others.
The number of achievement points some people have compared to others isn't really a helpful gauge on 'get a life' status. Some people are just better positioned for such exploits. I'm merely suggesting that those who fully obsess over such trivial statistics are the fringe of the fringe. No matter how much time they have or spend chasing their 'dream'.
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And investing time in anything generally makes you better at it. That doesn't eliminate the possibility of multiple people doing this, however.