TA Granted Xbox Live Community Developer License

TA Granted Xbox Live Community Developer License

Get with the program...

Written by TrueAchievement on 08 December 09 at 19:48

When I first started TA many moons ago, I applied to Microsoft to become part of the Xbox Live Community Developer Program.

Those on the program are given access to xml feeds that return most of the gamer information that is visible on your GamerTag homepage of xbox.com.

I thought that having the license would allow me to ditch the scanners and gather all the information we use to generate your pages and the achievement ratios via the xml feeds. Not only is this more reliable, it's faster, and also better for Microsoft who don't lose the bandwidth that the scanners use while scraping xbox live (although this is quite small as they only grab html and not images or flash).

I received no response to my numerous enquiries, but eventually managed to get in contact with someone reasonably high up, who did some digging for me and discovered that the program was closed to new applicants.

I started a petition on TA which most of you have signed:

Please sign here!

Last week I was contacted out of the blue and told that TrueAchievements was finally being granted the Developer License.

What does this mean for TrueAchievements?

We now have access to some Microsoft xml feeds that help us determine whether your GamerScore has changed, and if so which games you have earned the extra achievements in.

Unfortunately there is no way of telling which achievements you have won through the feeds at this point, so we still have to scan your xbox live game pages for this information. But it means we are scanning xbox live a hell of a lot less (under a third of what we were in fact).

It also means we can scan more quickly - approximately 50% quicker during initial tests.

I am working with the guys at Microsoft to try to get some more information in their feeds so we can lose the scanners altogether, but I don't know how long that will take or whether it will happen at all.

So a massive thanks to everyone that signed the petition, if the TA commnunity wasn't as supportive of the site as it has been I don't think we would have got the license at all.

This is just the start of something really big for TrueAchievements, with the new teams on board and some new developments in the pipeline, 2010 is going to be a very special year!

Happy Christmas, and thanks again for your support!

Rich
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x Sm0kahontas - DrumOn
35,756  TrueAchievements points34 posts
Last post: 26 Mar 11 at 13:27
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:50
NICE!
Sn1pezzzzz
N0RVY
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N0RVY
TA Pro user7,836 posts
Last post: 07 Aug 12 at 00:11
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:51
Thank you Microsoft!
Tasty Pastry
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Tasty Pastry - My girlfriend saw her achievement points in a phone game yesterday and was trying to figure out how to spend them...
144,619  TrueAchievements points6,906 posts
Last post: 17 Jun at 22:50
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:51
Great stuff TA! I was wondering when the next news article was coming out, it seems like it has been forever...
Glad to hear that they finally admitted we are here laugh
Use one of the quotes from that thread
Mumbo Jumbo UK - £429.99 for Xbox One!! Fuck off!!!
TrueAchievements site super-promoterDonated to TrueAchievements.com114 posts
Last post: 13 Apr at 17:42
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:53
Wow, good news for this brilliant site.
Kupari
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Kupari - New Xbox 360 incoming.. after a few years of abscence.
Achievement Completion Percentage: 63.74% (Includes owned DLC) - 3 more achievements required to reach 64%747 posts
Last post: 06 Sep 10 at 19:08
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:53
About time Microsoft!
I can see a new horizon, underneath the blazing sky.
zyxomma100
146,918
zyxomma100 - Pinball FX2: Captain America down. Thor and X-Men are still royal pains.
TrueAchievement Ratio: 1.755891 completed games(Includes owned DLC)885 posts
Last post: 10 Jun at 22:18
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:53
All right! This is some great news.
Scottish Husky - With PSN down I'm back to my 360 for the current time being.
Donated to TrueAchievements.com24 completed games(Includes owned DLC)1,074 posts
Last post: 27 Jun 11 at 10:08
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:54
I'm surprised that the petition actually went somewhere [Yes I did sign it]. Hopefully this is just the beginning .
Gizmo2k
410,872
Gizmo2k - So I'm the only one gutted it seems the 10 'family' members sharing and the special 1 friend sharing thing is gone? :(
TrueAchievement Site Rank: 632 out of 212,881Achievement Completion Percentage: 78.38% (Includes owned DLC) - 98 more achievements required to reach 79%479 posts
Last post: 07 Apr at 16:16
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:55
People power that works! Whatever next; a bigger, better TA you say!!

Rock on Tommy.
I perform all my own stunts.
Vursus
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Vursus - Marvel comic squad was actually really fun.
71 completed games(Includes owned DLC)836 posts
Last post: 25 Mar at 19:20
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:56
Nais, about time they did so.
Chris1984uk
339,529
Chris1984uk - Actually quite disappointed with this list http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/lost-planet-3/achievements/
Achievement Completion Percentage: 76.08% (Includes owned DLC) - 115 more achievements required to reach 77%TrueAchievement Ratio: 1.67461,756 posts
Last post: Yesterday at 22:14
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:57
Congratulations TA! Brilliant news well done!
ButterflyEdge
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ButterflyEdge - Terraria has taken over my life...
TrueAchievements NewshoundRegistered on 12 September 2008 (Year 1 - alpha)7,326 posts
Last post: Yesterday at 20:02
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:57
Amazing news! clap

Nice one :)
SebastianSB: stop being amazing.
tractakid
242,790
tractakid - Wonder if Xbox Live would have been free if gamers had been as vocal before the Xbox 1. Not One, 1.
Achievement Completion Percentage: 85.96% (Includes owned DLC) - 4 more achievements required to reach 86%TrueAchievement Ratio: 1.8017907 posts
Last post: 15 May at 17:10
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:57
O_O Wooooah that's awesome! WOOHOO!
SeraphimNeeded - I've rediscovered MMOs, this time the most disastrous possible for other forms of gaming, World of Warcraft.
331,373  TrueAchievements points5,477 posts
Last post: 28 Nov 12 at 20:01
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:58
'Bout time. Now if only Sony will notice...
Testing
Van Uden
424,071
Van Uden - Maybe it's time for a little Bean Dive again, I have 3 unstarted retails and probably 5 or so unstarted arcades
424,071  TrueAchievements pointsTrueAchievement Ratio: 2.01183,373 posts
Last post: 02 May at 22:53
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:58
wow, that's grand, especially the part where you say they might be inclined to put in extra data in the feeds so we can pull more data from it.

2010 is gonna be special indeed!!!
AdamRawrr
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AdamRawrr - E3 Literally, just round the corner.
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Last post: 17 Jun at 07:30
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:58
congrats
MurdersCauseDeaths.
Nitoriism
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Nitoriism - I applied for a full time job. Man, I hate growing up.
Achievement Completion Percentage: 68.50% (Includes owned DLC) - 9 more achievements required to reach 69%8,659 comments1,490 posts
Last post: 10 Apr at 04:13
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:59
yay :D now we need to check our TA score from our dashboard (theres an idea)
TrueAchievement - Sorry, been away for the night and my support person is in Majorca! All should return to normal shortly...
TrueAchievements AdministratorRegistered on 21 March 2008 (Year 1 - alpha)11,245 posts
Last post: Yesterday at 23:01
Posted on 08 December 09 at 19:59
Seraphim Needed said:'Bout time. Now if only Sony will notice...one thing at a time mate, one thing at a time smile
trueachievements.com - "better than amazon"
Nuffzx
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Nuffzx
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Last post: 02 May 12 at 18:26
Posted on 08 December 09 at 20:02
Niceee :)
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AndyLSimmons
97,705
AndyLSimmons - Proudly not a part of the vocal minority.
TrueAchievements ModeratorAchievement Completion Percentage: 94.60% (Includes owned DLC) - 11 more achievements required to reach 95%7,326 posts
Last post: Today at 01:41
Posted on 08 December 09 at 20:02
Excellent news, really glad we could get the licence.

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