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Why Achivements Fucking Suck

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jamesr12
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1549 Posts
July 17 2010 02:26 GMT
#1
So I’m playing a ZvT on SoW, some dumb ass achievement caring about noob decides he wants to get his unbreakable achievement (50 kills one unit or building)

After I destroy his main and natural, he hides in bottom right corner, and fills the entire thing with cannons doesn’t even have a nexus. I had gone ultras so run ultras up the ramp with hydras behind, throw away 2 maxed armies like this and realize it’s not going to do anything. So I have to put down spire and go BL.

Once I get BL this dumb bitch gets mad me for killing him before he can get his achievement, this is the first time he mentions it. And he says either run lings till he gets the achievement or kill every building, naturally I don’t want to help him after he wasted like 15 minutes of my time so I spend another 5 minutes finding and killing everything.

FUCK ACHIVEMENTS STAY ON THE XBOX WHERE YOU BELONG

/rant


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baller
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
527 Posts
July 17 2010 02:28 GMT
#2
lol thats awesome he mustve been so mad that u didnt let him get it

y r u complaining?

i think its great he was trying to do this, it made an ordinary 1v1 much more hilarious
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
July 17 2010 02:29 GMT
#3
I think Achievements on the XBox were also pretty lame.

I could care less if I was a Terran macro master. I already knew my macro was good enough for that.

I can sort of agree with you, though I would have to say that I'm thinking achievement whores are pretty rare...
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Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
July 17 2010 02:30 GMT
#4
I don't like them either, but damn how did you think running up a ramp vs cannons would work out? Just cast dark swarmPeople have been doing this shit forever anyways, even before achievements.
Tear stained american saints and dirty guitar dreams across a universe of desert and blue sky , gas station coffee love letters and two dollar pistol kisses from thirty five dollar hotel room stationary .
SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
July 17 2010 02:30 GMT
#5
Don't let other people's idiocy ruin your day. If you get frustrated every time someone does something annoying then you'll spent your entire life pissed off. In this case you won the game, and he left pissed, so just smile and play another game.
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
LunarDestiny
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States4177 Posts
July 17 2010 02:30 GMT
#6
Wait until Blizzard add the achievement of winning in X minutes.

Then noobs will cheese just to achieve that.
Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8556 Posts
July 17 2010 02:32 GMT
#7
On July 17 2010 11:30 LunarDestiny wrote:
Wait until Blizzard add the achievement of winning in X minutes.

Then noobs will cheese just to achieve that.

Funnier if it's about say 5-10.

Step 1: Cheese
Step 2: Beg your opponent to stay in the game.
Jaedong
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
July 17 2010 02:32 GMT
#8
On July 17 2010 11:30 LunarDestiny wrote:
Wait until Blizzard add the achievement of winning in X minutes.

Then noobs will cheese just to achieve that.


Or even worse, "Play a 1.5 hour game."
jamesr12
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1549 Posts
July 17 2010 02:32 GMT
#9
On July 17 2010 11:30 Megalisk wrote:
I don't like them either, but damn how did you think running up a ramp vs cannons would work out? Just cast dark swarmPeople have been doing this shit forever anyways, even before achievements.


Well i already had the ultras and hyrdas so i just did it, they killed a lot of cannons (ultras do so much damage vs buildings) Then i just remaxed and did it again thinking it would take 2 or 3 tims, but apprently he had planned this the whole way and stockpiled a butt fuck of minerals and just rebuilt
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jamesr12
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1549 Posts
July 17 2010 02:33 GMT
#10
On July 17 2010 11:32 Bibbit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2010 11:30 LunarDestiny wrote:
Wait until Blizzard add the achievement of winning in X minutes.

Then noobs will cheese just to achieve that.


Or even worse, "Play a 1.5 hour game."


If they do that I will cry
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Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
July 17 2010 02:34 GMT
#11
On July 17 2010 11:32 jamesr12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2010 11:30 Megalisk wrote:
I don't like them either, but damn how did you think running up a ramp vs cannons would work out? Just cast dark swarmPeople have been doing this shit forever anyways, even before achievements.


Well i already had the ultras and hyrdas so i just did it, they killed a lot of cannons (ultras do so much damage vs buildings) Then i just remaxed and did it again thinking it would take 2 or 3 tims, but apprently he had planned this the whole way and stockpiled a butt fuck of minerals and just rebuilt


A "butt fuck" of minerals?

Fuuuuckk......I could only imagine that!
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Skvid
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Lithuania751 Posts
July 17 2010 02:36 GMT
#12
Achievments are the most useless feature the game can have, the gameplay itself should provide you with sense of achievement, not some shiny badge popping up once in a while informing you that you won X games vs completely random opponents.

I never understood that point of them. Who cares about them? Is it supposed to be like a proof that you did something "crazy" in-game in case nobody believes you?
-dude,I totally managed to build a factory in first 240 seconds of a game,
-That is bullshit, i dont believe you.
-Oh yea well check my profile, i have that achievement at the 2nd slot of my showcase.
-Aw dude, sorry for disbelieving you, you are such a baller.
-*feelin' good*
Ares[Effort] *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
DEMACIA6550 Posts
July 17 2010 02:37 GMT
#13
I hate achievements there needs to be an option to turn them off, I don't want them spamming my screen!
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Gogleion
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States534 Posts
July 17 2010 02:40 GMT
#14
Dear Blizzard,

Chat channels > Achievements. The game will be released in 11 days. Use your time wisely.


Regards,
Gogleion
EffOrt. That is all.
Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11111 Posts
July 17 2010 02:41 GMT
#15
Lol

Achievements are a great idea. Psychologically they do a good job of pointing newbs (most likely to be achievement hunters) in the right direction. Also, that's a really funny rage story.
Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6959 Posts
July 17 2010 02:45 GMT
#16
Too many elitists around here.

Achievements are fine. They add something for people to go towards if you aren't a hardcore competitive gamer. Hell, somewhere around here people have even mentioned that there's a way to turn them off. If this is true (and it probably will happen eventually if it isn't), you have zero reason to complain because they don't hurt you in any way.
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AeonStrife
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States918 Posts
July 17 2010 02:45 GMT
#17
ZvP you mean? Anyways, the long term achievements are fun to get. Its something to look forward to.
Whats worse...US Poltics or SC2 Balance Talks...
ironchef
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Canada1350 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-17 02:54:31
July 17 2010 02:53 GMT
#18
I've developed this (probably bad) habit of not really reading the chat, or like abandoning and ignoring it mid sentence if it sounds dumb. From years of reading bad forum/IM/chats/trolls. Thats why I dont really stress out over dumb things people say hehe . After that its just a plain old guy that sticks around the game too long (happens even before achievements)
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kzn
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1218 Posts
July 17 2010 02:54 GMT
#19
On July 17 2010 11:41 Sabu113 wrote:
Lol

Achievements are a great idea. Psychologically they do a good job of pointing newbs (most likely to be achievement hunters) in the right direction. Also, that's a really funny rage story.


Kind of. In some cases its a bit ridiculous - I'm fairly certain the Fast Expand achievement requires you to do completely retarded builds like a 10hatch though. I couldn't get a 14hatch to finish on time.
Like a G6
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
July 17 2010 02:56 GMT
#20
dude this is fucking amazing, it's everything that makes achievements awesome!

If your ticked off by it simply alt tab and let the kid eagerly await you to suicide 100 lings into his cannons... go make tea or something and laugh to yourself as some lowlife is sitting there praying he gets his achievement.
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