Posted by Amatera on Monday, November 30th, 2009 - 28 Comments
Tags: 986, Achievements, bb king, complete, icc, icecrown citadel, patch 3.3, taiwan, winter veil
We always knew it was technically possible, but we never thought it would happen so soon: a little over a year since they initially became available, one account has earned every single achievement in the game! And what was the final one, you ask? The achievement that pushed him to the magical number of 986 of 986? That which has now become one of my personal least favorites, Turkey Lurkey.
Yes, the Tauren Druid, whose name is 小灰 (I won’t even bother trying to pronounce that) passed the threshold by shooting a Rogue. I’m sure more than a few of you out there are amused by that. I suppose it also begs the question, why isn’t there an achievement for getting all the achievements?!
But let’s dial things back a second and take a closer look. According to MMO-Champion, 小灰 is still technically missing one called BB King, which requires you to pelt the opposite faction’s leaders during Winter Veil (which hasn’t occurred yet this year, of course). It’s not part of the meta-achievement for the holiday and some people have been lead to believe that it could not be completed until this December at the earliest. So, in order to hit 986, the player had to take advantage of an old bug in a PvP achievement which effectively counted twice.
Even taking that into consideration, completing everything else is undoubtedly a monumental task which took a lot of planning, coordination, and called-in favors. It may even be possible that multiple people have shared the character, taking turns in order to knock out the achievements (because doing so would be a major drain on a single person’s life otherwise). I suppose we’ll figure out the truth of that when/if someone is able to talk to the owner of the account.
The sad part of all this, of course, is that Patch 3.3 will likely be released before 小灰 will have the chance to finish off BB King. With the gating system in place for Icecrown Citadel, this means that it will be at least several more months before the maximum number of achievements can be, well… achieved again.
As a little bit of a measuring stick, I want you to tell me how far along you readers are on your achievements! What’s your count and what have you found it most difficult to complete? I’m a little over halfway with 540/986, myself, and most notably lacking in the PvP area.
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By cocopuff on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 10:52 am
FIRST
By Moxis on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Just because you get every achievement doesnt mean u have beaten the game. Not even close. Whoever believes that is a lame-o-nub. There is soooo much more to this game. Shandris #1!!!!!!!!!!
By Moxis on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Anyway achievements dont seem to be that important on my server(SHANDRIS WOOOOOT) pretty sure im at the top but i’ve never really looked tho.
By Amatera on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
@Moxis
Uh… I don’t think anyone *seriously* believes that constitutes beating the game, dude, it’s just a joke.
By Conchuir on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
i have 413/986
By SK1PY on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
actually get them all does mean that they beat the game content to this date…. if you take into account the achievements of completing all the quests. then yes he did beat the game
By SK1PY on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
actually completing all the quests in the game….. kinda means you beat the game on top of all the other achievements yeah this dude beat the game
By cocopuff on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
seems my last post didnt stick so i am gooing to post it again i am sitting at 4.37k acheive points and on behalf of all gamers out thier i would like to congratulate 小灰 in accoplishing 2 things first beating the game and second for propetuating the stereo type that asians are geeks
By steven on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
432/986
By shamtastik on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
lol @Moxis better stop yourself before you make it sound like your jealous
but yeh getting all those achievements must have been a lot of “work” so kudos for getting it whoever you are.
By Dante on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
its really good he got all of the GZ
But im sorry get a life if u got then all how long have u played is game
It is cool u got then all but its more sad then it is cool
By poz18 on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
wow, talk about 200+ days playing
By Albullno on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
i have 296 / 986
pretty much focused on getting red proto-drake and any others i got were unintentional
Albullno
Dreadmaul, Horde side
By John on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
421-986
I like achievements. They keep me coming back to the game.
By Weasellord on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
OMG that must mean the total amount of Achievement points he has is…
*takes off and breaks Scouter* OVER 9000!!!!!!!
By Weasellord on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
OMG that means his total amount of Achievement Points is…is…
Over 9000!!!!
By Maximus on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
You cant beat WoW its not something that has an ending story line.
By Blahbahblah on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
I didn’t really focus on achievements on either of my 80s because I was just raw focused on levelinglevelingleveling and at 80 gearinggearinggearing. With the alts I’ve been leveling now I’ve been taking my time to work up professions, cooking, fishing, doing some pvp, and fully exploring the areas I’m leveling in. It’s really pretty fun, sort of a twist on gameplay. The best part of it is that I don’t really have to think about the amount of points I’m gathering as I’m doing it, it’s just fun little things that happen as I’m going along. I can’t do it on my 80s now because it would mean having to go back and actually thinking about gathering up a big stack of achievements; it would really feel like more of a grind than anything.
By Essam on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
objection!
look at his world events
he’s missing one! ah well its pretty damn impresive
By HerofTime on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
300 something… but hey, good for that guy. I’m content to farm for better gear.
By Dylan on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
chinese + no life = this
By Dylan on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Tawainese*
By bloody on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
i think its time for him to get some sleep >.> and a job.. and glasses since he likely can hardly see with all the computer XD gratz still
By awsomedude on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 9:17 am
haha theres nothing an asian cant do XD
By Mafakka on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 1:06 pm
IT’S OVER 9000!!
By DarkSnake on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 3:40 pm
lol nice, look at his Player VS. Player 165 / 164 its awsometacular!
By TurboLaxx on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 11:57 am
This guy has indeed beaten the game. He has done just about everything WOW has to offer so I consider that as winning the game. Time to move on from WOW and win in real life.
By khazzhar on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
To everyone that is talking about how he has no life, consider this. Most of you have spent your WoW gaming time levelling, raiding, focussing on getting gear… but this guy appears to have focussed ONLY ON ACHIEVEMENTS. I am sure that if more people logged onto WoW and only focussed on the next achievement, there would be more people closer to this many achievement points. If I am right, this guy since the launch of WotLK has done just that: logged on and done nothing more then keep hunting the next achievement.