Top Gamerscore(r) crosses 600,000 [Joystiq]

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You know, the word hero gets thrown around a lot, and in the process it's lost some of its meaning. Some of its power. But we're not sure the term has ever been more accurately applied than it is to Raymond Cox, whose record-breaking Gamerscore has just reached the milestone of 600,000. Cox crossed the last big hurdle -- 500,000 -- over nine months ago.

When does a meaningless number become instantly meaningful? The moment yours is higher than every other person on the planet. That's when.Top Gamerscore(r) crosses 600,000 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.




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[Guru of Time and Space]

I'd rather ride my bike.

-GoTaS

[Kitsune Sniper]

My gamerscore is 20.

BEAT THAT, BITCHES.

[Oobgarm]

E-penis is MILES LONG

[portnoyd]

E-penis is COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS

[kupomogli]

When does a meaningless number become instantly meaningful? Never.

Fixed.

[Snapple]

I understand achievement whores and trophy whores. Honestly, I do. I consider myself a small-time trophy whore. 30 plats pales in comparison though to the 100-200 that some people have (and more).

I don't follow Xbox leaderboard gossip, so I don't know what people say about Mr. Stallion. I do know that a large portion of the people who top the PS3 leaderboards are confirmed cheaters. Cheating meaning trophies gained by hacking, account sharing, game save abuse... basically anything where you aren't earning the trophies yourself.

And as a result, these people are not deified like they probably thought they would be. They're ostracized, and any trophies that they might get legitimately, nobody cares. The real trophy whores and achievement whores are honest, hard-working people.

[Aussie2B]

Whoopty doo. I can only imagine what this guy's life is like.

My Gamerscore just recently hit 1000.

[Leo_A]

I thought it was neat just to surpass 10,000 earlier this year (Haven't played it in months now, for some reason) and I've been a Xbox 360 owner since just before the system's 1st anniversary.

I can't imagine even 100,000, let alone 600,000.

[misfits859]

I hit 600,011 earlier today. Kiss my ass.

[jcalder8]

I hear the achievement that pushed him over 600000 was: Never have a date

[LaughingMAN.S9]

man, that kid is going to get so much pussy....

[Jorpho]

I do know that a large portion of the people who top the PS3 leaderboards are confirmed cheaters. Cheating meaning trophies gained by hacking, account sharing, game save abuse... basically anything where you aren't earning the trophies yourself.

I was just going to post a thread about that. I've found a number of reviews touting "online leaderboards" as some kind of significant feature, but what's the point when they are inevitably going to be solidly dominated by cheaters?

[Gamevet]

I hear the achievement that pushed him over 600000 was: Never have a date

He has a nice looking woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeYs...layer_embedded

[PapaStu]

You guys are talkin' alot of shit when someone's actually devoting their time to playing the crapton of games they own. Can all of you say that you're playing your games, let alone this fully?

I've played w/ Stallion in the past in boosting sessions when 360v was still a decent place to go (w/ s1lence, Capt Nintendo some others). He's a nice guy, who's got a life outside of gaming, but where we've got our collecting, he's got a massive routine of actually playing his games for gamerscore.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Self-flagellation takes devotion too, but you only have to buy the barbed flail once.

[Drath]

You guys are talkin' alot of shit when someone's actually devoting their time to playing the crapton of games they own. Can all of you say that you're playing your games, let alone this fully?

COOOOOOMBO BREAKER!

First slightly, positive, or anti-negative comment so far.

I too had the same thoughts. A community and forum dedicated to video games; playing and collecting them.

Also, we HATE THEM, and everybody who plays them. Wait? Somebody played a lot of them? And now has a couple news articles about them? KILL HIM! BURN THE WITCH! Video games are terrible! I hate my life!

[Jorpho]

Say, is "Stallion" a reference to that one episode of Family Matters?

I used to go by "Stallion" way back in the day when playing the various Carmen Sandiego games in the computer lab at school. That did not go over so well.

[kupomogli]

You guys are talkin' alot of shit when someone's actually devoting their time to playing the crapton of games they own.

Completing a game is one thing, completing, or not completing, garbage games to just get a high gamerscore is different. Games like Avatar or Madden 06 that are easy 1000 points. It's just a number showing that you've wasted that much time playing games that aren't even worth it, along with other games that are.

We can't very well lay judgment that he has a rich family so no job or he has no time for other games than to just pad his gamerscore if he does have a job and wants to actually have a life, but more than likely one of those ring true.

Can all of you say that you're playing your games, let alone this fully?

Going through his website, 1milliongamerscore.com and reading through the recent page, he's went through three games and didn't complete everything on them. He's played through the games, got the easiest acquirable points and moved onto the next game.

He has a nice looking woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeYs...layer_embedded

The girl looks okay. I think it's nice to see him pay a tribute to Rocky(being a fan of the series myself.) I'm only guessing that Stallion is his XBL name because he's a Rocky fan.

[Gameguy]

I too had the same thoughts. A community and forum dedicated to video games; playing and collecting them.

Also, we HATE THEM, and everybody who plays them. Wait? Somebody played a lot of them? And now has a couple news articles about them? KILL HIM! BURN THE WITCH! Video games are terrible! I hate my life!

I guess most people here don't like the stereotype that people into games are shut-ins who do nothing but play games all day in their basement. When someone seems to do nothing but play games all day it just seems to reinforce that stereotype which is what gets people upset. Most people would assume he plays games all day because of how high his gamerscore is, you can't get it that high unless you play a lot of games.