It's possible I've brought this up in the past, but something has been grinding my gears since late last week. Yes, yes - I realize this may happen far too often.
OK.
Probably happens.
...
Oh, all right.
There's usually something that gets under my skin at least once a week, whether it's on this site or in real life. More so on this site though and that's because I can't look that person in the eye, grab their keyboard from them and holster it back in their pocket because they're not using it right.
See? I'm the better person because I bet you thought I was going to say, "...smash their keyboard across their face" like in that movie,
Wanted.
I've heard it makes you the better man to walk away, but that doesn't sound any fun to me...
Believe you and me, I'd rather slap a choke hold on them any day of the week.
Anyway, back to what's been on my mind. As someone who frets over unlocking online achievements soonest, I noticed that there were several Xbox One achievements that were flagged in an Online Game Mode. I mean, I understood the reasoning behind it.
Well, let me stop there. it's probably best for me to go ahead and let me just quote someone from the Game Info Editor team in response to one of my recent submissions:
Mike Marcelais said:Hi,
Mr GranstaffOn the XBox One, you can only unlock achievements when online, although you can make progress towards unlocking achievements offline (but they won't unlock until you actually go online later). At the time, we decided that since you had to be online to actually unlock the achievement that all XBox One games would be flagged as 'Online Only'. This policy also applied to the Windows 10 games (which share the same achievement mechanism).
More recently, the team decided to change back to using the online/offline as applied to the 360 (although it can be much harder to verify correctness). However, with hundreds of already flagged XBox One games on the site, it takes time go back through all of the titles and reflag them. Priority is on the newer titles, the more popular titles, and the titles which have been getting public flagging submissions (as we'll fix up the online flags at the same time). We hadn't gotten around to this (and many other) titles yet.
But since you asked, we have fixed up this one as offline is appropriate. Thanks.
Hm. Before I forget to ask this, picture this scenario: your network is down, you're playing a Xbox One game and you meet the requirements for an achievement. Do you get that toast notification for the achievement right then or do you have to wait until you get back online?
And, before I continue, I understand the Game Info Editor team has an incredible workload, so I'm not hating on them. I'm very appreciative on what they do. Rarely, but whenever I turn in submissions, I try to be as descriptive as possible so they're not doing any extra work on figuring out what I'm trying to get at.
The thing that grinds my gears is that I don't understand why some others face palm themselves when people bring up that Xbox One should be set up like the Xbox 360 is.
The way I see it is that while you can unlock Xbox 360 achievements offline without a time stamp, you still need to hop back online in order for the rest of the world to see that you actually unlocked it. I feel like it's similar to the Xbox One. You can still unlock achievements offline, you just need to hop back online for everyone else to know that you did. The only difference is that you'll get a time stamp no matter what.
Did you follow that? I'm not repeating myself. Ha.
Recently, I just submitted a handful of submissions to a few Xbox One games I already started and while the Editor team was super fast on resolving some of those submissions, I had the unfortunate pleasure to hear back from some other users on this site who were absolutely know-it-alls and just all around condescending. I replied back to them with my usual flair. I'm not one to roll over, as you all should know. Attitude adjustments is my specialty.
I mean, I seriously don't enjoy wasting my time with people that act that way and remain narrow-minded. They pretend to be superior, but if they're wanting to come across that way, they should really keep up with the times before making themselves look ignorant.
Someone should really invent a breathalyzer specifically for keyboards or any electronic device used for communicating because I swear people like that must be drunk or something. People can't act that stupid sober...can they?
Debating on registering for this contest that's coming up. I adjusted my Games Collection where I'll have a healthy amount of locked achievements. Around 3,000, which is more than enough for the 2,000 achievement requirement that's been laid out. I'll probably still adjust it so it's closer to 2,000 because there are some games I want to take my time with and don't want to rush the experience when it pertains to the story. That and the fact that I just don't want to start some of my other games.
Now, it's definitely not to gain an unfair advantage or anything like that. In fact, when it comes to a contest like this, I don't see how it would be an advantage no matter how much I alter my collection. You and your opponent is tasked to get the same exact achievements, so... there's that.
At any rate, the contest is definitely interesting. As long as I can break even in the contest -- meaning I have to at least win one week -- I'll be a happy camper. I can't be getting eliminate from the contest winless!
Ha. Watch me get paired up with the eventual finalist or something. That would be my luck.
Other than that, I'm out!
[UPDATED: February 16, 2016] * updated boost list
Want to boost? Play some co-op? Trade games with me? If so, click the spoiler tag below:
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Keeping tabs on my backlog, are we? That's fine. It often fluctuates with new additions, so go ahead and click on the link below and find out which game hasn't graced the inside of my gaming consoles. I also update which games I'm wanting to sell, so sort those out if you'd like.
Mr Granstaff's Game Collection
If there's a game you want to grind out the achievements in, then feel free to let me know and we'll schedule a time soonest.
Here are the high priority projects at the moment:
Always looking for an opportunity to start back up games I've either already completed or reached a stopping point on, so if the list below peaks your interest, then hit me up! While I don't really want to boost these games in the general sense, I would love to help out in a cooperative fashion or even play competitively for a bit.
In a continuous effort on getting visibility of my dust collectors, here's some games I'm wanting to sell (or trade):
Here are some games that I'm very interested in acquiring -- I'll consider download codes too:
Xbox One:
Xbox 360:
Successful transactions has been with:
I'll keep things the same by not listing any prices. You just let me know what you think the game is worth and we’ll go from there! I'm also open to giving away two games for one. As always, Just do me a kindness and give me more than GameStop would.
By the way, we can gift monies via PayPal, digital Microsoft Points or whatever you feel more comfortable with.