Taiwanese Gamer “Beats” World of Warcraft
Taiwanese Gamer “Beats” World of Warcraft
Posted 12/04/2009 at 12:52am
| by Nathan Grayson
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If a speed run is the videogame equivalent of a 100 meter dash, then a WoW character by the name of “Little Gray” just won the Tour De France. On foot.
The character – given virtual life by a Taiwanese power-player – completed 5,906 quests, killed 390,895 creatures, and raided 405 dungeons en route to unlocking all 986 of WoW’s achievements, effectively 100% clearing the game.
Well, mostly. Little Gray hasn’t quite bagged the elusive “B.B. King” event-based achievement, but a glitched PVP achievement still brings his grand total up to 986.
According to WoW Armory, Mr. Gray hasn’t logged-in since November 23. We wish we could say he’s finally hung up his tier 9 pauldrons and moved on to some other game, but – having spent far more time with the game than we’d like to admit long before achievements turned its addiction factor up to 11 – we imagine he’s simply started an alt.
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alvister
January 19, 2010 at 12:15am
Now THAT'D be crazy, getting all of those acheivements twice. I can see
the completionist in some people to do this once, but never again. Of
course you would need some kind of time machine... aren't some of the
so called "cheevos" time sensetive while playing World of Warcraft Cheats
Jono
December 05, 2009 at 1:01am
Reaching the cap is hardly the end of the game... This guy managed to challenge himself through the game's hard modes and he's done it in less time then what some might take years to attempt. You assume he has no life because it would take you forever to complete the achievements? He's obviously had the support from a great group of peeps to help him reach that goal. If what you need to feel good about yourself is to tell someone they don't have a life, you might want to consider getting one yourself. Grats to this guy, and whether or not he "has a life" the feat is impressive. With another patch coming out soon, I don't really know if it is actually possible to "beat" WoW. Obviously, that turns some people off, but I like it. It's an ever-evolving story.
pagen64
December 04, 2009 at 6:36pm
Why are people sooo down on people who play video games? I just do no t get it. Whaen i was a kid, And even now for that matter, i wacthed TV all the time, Sports, News, Sitcoms, Drama series. And i never got picked on for having "NO LIFE". What's the difference if you sit on your ass for hours a week watching TV...Or sitting in front of a computer screen and interacting with others and clicking a mouse instead of a remote. If this guy beat the game Good for him! It's a very hard long thing to do.
Zazubovich
December 04, 2009 at 2:43pm
to me and like, uh, some old dudes, and stuff. And ripping on teh gayz and playing computer games is an ice cream cone that licks itself, because many games are made by gay people and computer gaming arguably would not exist without gay/lesbian/transgender/bisexual people who were crucial to game development back when they came on cassette tapes, printed in magazines for you to type yourself, or if you were really lucky on a giant floppy disk. Ghost Bear Legion out!
LVmonkey
December 06, 2009 at 4:48am
I wish i had some idea what your point might be. I personally had an Atari 800 growing up with the tape drive... but what in the world that has to do with gayz or anything else in this statement... i have no idea. Are you trying to suggest that if your born before a certain date your gay? Are you suggesting that the people that put out the older games are gay? Are you suggesting that the developers of the new games are gay? Or are you an older (or younger) gamer and gay and trying to suggest a 'cause and effect' to combine the two statements? (never thought PacMan might make someone gay... what do I know... maybe if you make it to a certain level, p00f, your turned gay).
Perplexing.
*shrugs*
I think I can piece together the statement about 'gay' and 'bear' legion, though I'm not sure what a 'ghost bear' is. I'll let google inform others, as it's not something I fully understand, being straight and not that well informed in that subject matter.
jko
December 04, 2009 at 11:01am
I don’t see why all the hate. The WoW achievement system came into place before Wraith of the Lich King XPac. That’s almost a year and a half to do achievements. Many achievements came from stats that where already being tracked in WoW. Once the system did start-up, characters got achievements retroactively. It would take any new character a minimal of a year to do all the achievements, so it’s not like this was done in some stunning amount of time. I am surprised this has not happened already.
grieserl
December 04, 2009 at 6:32am
I'll bet this guy hasn't seen the sun, or a real woman, for that matter, in over a year.
fry
December 04, 2009 at 8:00am
WoW is a really well designed game... but after hitting max level and going on a few 25-man raids, you really just have to tell yourself to move on.
nekollx
December 04, 2009 at 9:44am
WoW is a great game, no need to be hatin' but it does have a "now what?" point. Granted i'm only 46....
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I Jedi
December 04, 2009 at 4:51am
Congrats, Little Gray, you officially have no life! Thanks for playing.
ThunderBolt
December 04, 2009 at 3:27am
Good for him, but I rather turn queer than play WoW (and MW2)
jcseely
December 04, 2009 at 1:03pm
Yeah, cuz a name like 'Thunderbolt' just SCREAMS heterosexual.
/point
/laugh
Oh, and P.S., achievement systems have been in place for about a year-and-a-half. It wouldn't have required that guy to abandon the rest of the world to complete them.
ChuvelxD
December 04, 2009 at 9:58am
Wow, you'er such a tool. I'm gay and I'd probably kick your ass in pretty much any game, and probably in real life too. Refrence: Intense PC skillz and working out 3x a week.
Man, it's you tools that play games antagonizing people cause you think it's funny. Get some tolerance then come and call someone a derogitory name. You sir, may GTFO.
ThunderBolt
December 21, 2009 at 5:12pm
I'm sorry I hurt you gay little feelings, Andrew Christian, 19yrs old, 5'9", about 140lbs. Please, get your crackho mom to work at a corner to buy you an airline ticket to NYC, NY to kick my ass. Please I beg you. I really want you to try to beat a 25yr old, 5'11", 170lbs guy who easily benches his own body weight.
I'm not anti-homo, although I do think it's a genetic defect. It's him, that chuve, Andrew Christian guy (I love google), that's anti-hetero.
STRAIGHT PRIDE!
All I said was that I'd rather turn queer than WoW, and he took it offensively for some reason, and started attacking me. I did't say anything wrong. I mean, seriously, don't be hating ni**ah for WoW-hatin. lol
And the 1A gives me the right of free speech, so do me a favor, and stfu cuz my attacking me, you make yourself look like a tool, but I guess you don't mind it.
LVmonkey
December 06, 2009 at 5:00am
I'm not gay and it annoys the hell outta me, as well.
I mean, really, if you can't come up with a decent witty insult it always comes down to "your gay" ...which is made meaningless, now. It's just as a weirdly non-insulting insult as being called a woman (when i'm not), but peeps tend toward the "gay " thing instead. It's as if to not offend the women as if their going to leave that door open to shack up with them later or something.
Truely sad. A statement in and of itself.
Or maybe they are secrettly hitting on us non-gays ...hoping that perhaps we are gay as well, but they don't want to be the first to say so? The whole 'gay' name calling thing is just strange and unsatisfying to us with wit.
I'd rather hear someone call someone else (or even myself) a "stinky poo poo head", because it means as much...possibly even less.
ThunderBolt
December 04, 2009 at 10:27am
User was put one-week ban for this post, which contained ad-moninum attacks.
nekollx
December 04, 2009 at 10:31am
*hold back thePimp Hand*
You sir, are a cave man.
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Coming soon to Lulu.com --Tokusatsu Heroes--
Five teenagers, one alien ghost, a robot, and the fate of the world.
Biceps
December 04, 2009 at 10:45am
I believe we are seeing a classic examply of someone with a bad case of a 'one-incher'. YO, homophobe... I never work out, and I would still wipe you all over the payment right in front of your parents. :)
(World) Peace
ThunderBolt
December 04, 2009 at 11:03am
*yawn* kids, please, playing WoW doesn't make you tough, and working out at GTA San Andreas doesn't make you buff.
lawl
GFC
December 04, 2009 at 3:57am
MW2 is great, it just happens to be wraped in a lot of cra* called IWnet.
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