Gamerscore, why?

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tricky_tree

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Does anybody really take gamerscore seriously? I don't see the point, can you use the points to get any goodies a lá Nintendo?

Your thoughts please
 

SimuLord

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Gamerscore: Proof-of-concept of awkward nerdiness writ large. People who obsess over their gamerscores? Don't get me started.
 

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It is to extend your internet penis.
When we all know you they are this size, no matter how much bragging we men do.



On topic, I sort of do. But only amongst friends.
 

coldshadow

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the whole point system is flawed to me. and people who call themselves better gamers cause tehy have a higher gamerscore are retarded.
 

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kinda admitedly, but to hell if i'll admit that to any of my friends or family. oh who am I kidding thats half of the reason I prefer my 360 to the ps2/wii I have
 

tricky_tree

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SteveBurger said:
tricky_tree said:
can you use the points to get any goodies a lá Nintendo?

Your thoughts please
When did they start doing that?
That was bad wording on my part, When you buy a Nintendo product you get x amount of club Nintendo points, which can be used to buy past Ninty games for the Wii virtual console, or you can order items from the Nintendo website, though those are normally as desirable as cardboard body armour
 

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My friend's a gamer score whore. I'm surprised he still manages to have social life. Me, I like the gamer score because when you hear the sound of earning an achievement it gives you a sense of accomplishment.
 

tricky_tree

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Sandbox games appear to be worse for it than others, it's like "congrats, you can do anything you like and you've managed to do the exact thing we wanted you to, poor human." My bro is a big player of online games, whereas I can't stand them, and he constantly raves about his score
 

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It's just for bragging rights. And a way for MS to get more money by all the little achievement whores going out and buying more and more games.
 

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I don't like gamerscore. I miss the days when accomplishing something on a game meant you unlocked something like a new weapon to play with or in the case of fighting games a new character. Not just bragging rights for virgins.
 

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I like gamerscore.

Mostly to boast to friends. Me and one have this little ongoing competition to have the most. Lately I've outrun him, though, by some 4000 points.
 

tricky_tree

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Chapper said:
I like gamerscore.

Mostly to boast to friends. Me and one have this little ongoing competition to have the most. Lately I've ourun him, though, by some 4000 points.
I don't know if 4000 points is what you get for realising which end of the gun goes 'bang', or for completing Resi 5 without laughing at the dialogue
 

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SimuLord said:
Gamerscore: Proof-of-concept of awkward nerdiness writ large. People who obsess over their gamerscores? Don't get me started.
Gamerscore is just the latest version of something that has existed for decades already: high scores. Gamerscores go back to the arcade halls. It has only grown bigger (or worse, depending on your perspective) now that the internet has come along, but it's practically the same thing.
 

tricky_tree

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I sort of agree, but highscores were a reward you had to earn, you only got them for completing the game and being in the top 10, for the sake of argument.
But from what I gather, you can get a huge amount of gamerscore without ever completing a game.
 

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tricky_tree said:
Chapper said:
I like gamerscore.

Mostly to boast to friends. Me and one have this little ongoing competition to have the most. Lately I've outrun him, though, by some 4000 points.
I don't know if 4000 points is what you get for realising which end of the gun goes 'bang', or for completing Resi 5 without laughing at the dialogue
Uhm... I don't know what to tell you back. Are you pro gamerscore or against it?
Your reply didn't make much sense to me, sorry.
 

tricky_tree

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I'm neither, I just don't see the point of them, and why some people take them so seriously. It's not like you can do anything with them.