Hellbent Posted December 3, 2009 Kracov found this link: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/02/taiwanese-man-beats-world-of-warcraft/ 'They said it couldn't be done. Well, to be fair, it can't -- however, if one were to track the completion of Blizzard's super successful World of Warcraft by the number of achievements a player had unlocked, then a Taiwanese player has effectively solved that game tape. A character named "Little Gray" on the Wrathbringer server has completed all 986 of the game's 'cheevos, killing 390,895 creatures and finishing 5,906 quests along the way. However, this triumph of human resolve has been diminished by one small caveat: one upcoming winter holiday–tied achievement, titled "BB King," remains locked, but due to a glitched PvP achievement that apparently unlocked twice, his statistics say he's batting a thousand. With the game's Winter Veil festivities approaching, we expect Little Gray will unlock that last feat soon, at which point the credits will roll, and his account will be permanently erased. Or the server will explode. Definitely one of those two.' 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted December 3, 2009 Damn, I thought this referred to wow.wad. How disappointing. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted December 3, 2009 And they said there was nothing for the kids to do in Taiwan. 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted December 3, 2009 Aren't they all making toys? I remember lining up all my matchbox cars by country of origin when i was small. Britain: 1 West Germany: 3 Taiwan: All the rest, probably over 100 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted December 3, 2009 Little Grey is an invalid character name on WoW. Either they translated it, or they're making this up. 0 Share this post Link to post
chungy Posted December 3, 2009 How do you kill something which has no life? 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted December 3, 2009 Thou canst not. But you can blast it into chunky kibbles. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted December 3, 2009 Danarchy said: Little Grey is an invalid character name on WoW. Either they translated it, or they're making this up. If it's that 80th level character linked to and shown on the screen grab, the original name seems to be two Chinese characters (which must be "little" and "gray" in whatever order applies). 0 Share this post Link to post
Coraline Posted December 3, 2009 chungy said:How do you kill something which has no life? 0 Share this post Link to post
andrewj Posted December 4, 2009 myk said:the original name seems to be two Chinese characters (which must be "little" and "gray" in whatever order applies). Yes that is right, xiao3 hui1 = little ash/grey. 0 Share this post Link to post
DeumReaper Posted December 4, 2009 Blizzard should give him the Sword of a Thousand Truths 0 Share this post Link to post
Super Jamie Posted December 4, 2009 Yeah I saw this too. Congratulations, time to get a life. 0 Share this post Link to post
jon_infektion Posted December 4, 2009 DeumReaper said:Blizzard should give him the Sword of a Thousand Truths I see no other more suitable candidate 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted December 4, 2009 Will he be the first to be the upcoming expansion first to keep his title? 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted December 4, 2009 Super Jamie said:Yeah I saw this too. Congratulations, time to get a life. It's no use, he'll always be an Azn at best. 0 Share this post Link to post
Super Jamie Posted December 4, 2009 Maes said:It's no use, he'll always be an Azn at best. lol Maes, most needlessly racist comment of the month goes to you :P 0 Share this post Link to post
wildweasel Posted December 4, 2009 Well, now he gets to do it all again with his alt. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted December 4, 2009 Super Jamie said:lol Maes, most needlessly racist comment of the month goes to you :P Just stating the obvious :-p I was actually looking for a SA pic that went something along the way of "White guys get laid, asian guys play starcraft" but you'll have to make do with that one: Edit: lol, here it is: 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted December 4, 2009 So World of Warcraft has an ending? Good, now there's a hope my sister will switch to another game, for diversity's fcking sake. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ninjalah Posted December 4, 2009 I'm just surprised that it has been this long for a person to get this close. I was expecting someone to be done a week after release or something. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted December 4, 2009 Ninjalah said:I'm just surprised that it has been this long for a person to get this close. I was expecting someone to be done a week after release or something. ...completed 986 of the game's 'cheevos, killing 390,895 creatures and finishing 5,906 quests along the way. So the guy should be completing 35 quests an hour for a week, and killing 2327 creatures each hour, again for a week. Besides, isn't the game universe ever-expanding with patches etc? Even if he did finish an earlier version/patch in the past, new challenges would pop up in front of him anyway in the next patch. 0 Share this post Link to post
Creaphis Posted December 4, 2009 Mr. Chris said:This guy needs to get a life. I think he's found one. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ninjalah Posted December 4, 2009 Maes said:So the guy should be completing 35 quests an hour for a week, and killing 2327 creatures each hour, again for a week. Besides, isn't the game universe ever-expanding with patches etc? Even if he did finish an earlier version/patch in the past, new challenges would pop up in front of him anyway in the next patch. Hey, I thought that getting to level 80 in like 2 days was impossible. Tell that to the French. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jodwin Posted December 4, 2009 Enjay said:And they said there was nothing for the kids to do in Taiwan. Sango Fighter ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted December 4, 2009 This is the best example of "being a winner AND a loser at the same time." 0 Share this post Link to post
Visplane Overflow Posted December 4, 2009 Fuck yeah white people. The wow guy doesn't bother me really - he's achieved almost every 'hardcore' gamer's dream, and there are lots of those people out there (for some reason, does anybody know when being 'hardcore' at video games was a good thing?). What bothers me is that there are thousands of similar people out there. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted December 4, 2009 Visplane Overflow said:(for some reason, does anybody know when being 'hardcore' at video games was a good thing?) Was it ever? Unless you mean this kind of "hardcore": 0 Share this post Link to post