100,000 Achievement Points Anguish

Written by: Tony Atkins

The time has finally come! 

 Of course, what I am referring to is breaking the 100,000 gamer score barrier.

As I currently write this, I stand at 99,683 and I have mixed feelings about going past the 100k mark.  My initial feelings are 'Yay, about fecking time!'  I"ve been achievement hunting since 11/12/05 so as you can see that's 3 years of blood, sweat and tears and probably thousands of hours played.  So I should at this stage be jumping for joy as 100k has always been my goal.  However, herein lies my problem - what happens when I pass that goal?  I"ve been so focused in getting past it that I'm now a little apprehensive how I"m going to feel once I’m there.  It’s almost like hitting the reset button in Call of Duty 4 once you’ve hit level 50 to go back to zero again.

 

Now, of course, achievement points mean far more than just an accumulative score, they are there to guide you through games and experience new and wonderful things you wouldn’t have challenged yourself to bother with before.  Of course, I’ve could have hit 100k easily last year if I had done what a lot of achievement whores do, play every game that comes out and then hit it for 300 or 400 easy points and then just move on to the next one.  This has never been my style, I like to get the very most out of every game I put in the drive, which can sometimes lead to playing games for 100+ hours.  So as you can see, I take my gamer card very seriously.

 

However, this has never stopped me from playing the odd crappy title - Jumper, Shellshock 2, please raise your hands - but I’ve also found some real gems along the way - Cars and Just Cause to name a few.

 

So what’s my goal after 100k?

 

110,000 doesn’t quite have the cache, so I guess I need to aim high, 200k maybe.  In the end, it always comes back to the games though and achievements come in at second place.

 

I’m looking forward to this continued journey in the years ahead.

Tony aka GHOST WORLD