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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: chronovore on February 13, 2011, 11:22:04 PM

Title: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 13, 2011, 11:22:04 PM: Anyone else having trouble accessing ?

It's down for me for some reason.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: The Sceneman on February 13, 2011, 11:24:09 PM: yep site seems to have shat the bed. Thankfully I'm not achievement hunting at present ;) Playin nothin but Castlevania baybee, which I already have 200/200 on :-\
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 13, 2011, 11:45:24 PM: Playing a game you've 'cheev completed? WHO ARE YOU, MAN?!
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 14, 2011, 12:13:06 AM: This is, by the way, just epic timing. Yesterday I took valuable, potentially "I Could Have Been Gaming" time, and updated a dozen or so games so my Checklists were current with my actual progress. It looks like I hadn't done a serious update since November or early December.

This just goes to show: 'cheevs are for suckers, and I should have just continued gaming without updating. ;-P
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: Diunx on February 14, 2011, 12:15:55 AM: But how will demi know what to do in his games now? :'(
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: The Sceneman on February 14, 2011, 12:17:42 AM: Quote from: chronovore on February 13, 2011, 11:45:24 PM
Playing a game you've 'cheev completed? WHO ARE YOU, MAN?!

Cheevs are fleeting, grindan is eternal (until you've maxed out your stats)
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: Herr Mafflard on February 14, 2011, 05:43:06 AM: Once castlevania HD has its hooks in, u can't escape. That's why I haven't turned my Xbox on in a while, I wouldn't be able to resist buying all dat dlc.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 14, 2011, 06:21:29 AM: It's back! Whorin' can re-commence.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: iconoclast on February 14, 2011, 09:05:59 AM: Use Trueachievements.com instead - superior site. I only use x360a for the roadmaps now.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: demi on February 14, 2011, 09:12:41 AM: Quote from: Diunx on February 14, 2011, 12:15:55 AM
But how will demi know what to do in his games now? :'(

I hardly touch my 360 lately. I'm focusing on other games and just playing ones from GameFly. While buying ones I will never touch.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 14, 2011, 10:11:36 AM: Quote from: iconoclast on February 14, 2011, 09:05:59 AM
Use Trueachievements.com instead - superior site. I only use x360a for the roadmaps now.

What is better about it, specifically? I'd have trouble walking away from my existing playlists, but x360a's Forums are poorly populated and difficult to navigate.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: demi on February 14, 2011, 10:15:11 AM: What exactly is hard to navigate? Each game has its own board, accessible from its specific game page which can be found through search. There are posts for "Create" that I used when playing it. I'd hardly call it "not populated".
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: Brehvolution on February 14, 2011, 10:16:11 AM: Quote from: demi on February 14, 2011, 09:12:41 AM
Quote from: Diunx on February 14, 2011, 12:15:55 AM
But how will demi know what to do in his games now? :'(

I hardly touch my 360 lately. I'm focusing on other games and just playing ones from GameFly. While buying ones I will never touch.
We know what you mean.

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Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: demi on February 14, 2011, 10:17:39 AM: Pretty much. Playing catch up with the whopping 6 games I missed out on (half of which werent worth the time and effort or hype).

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None of which are on Wii, that has never been turned on in half a year
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Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: iconoclast on February 14, 2011, 10:44:32 AM: Quote from: chronovore on February 14, 2011, 10:11:36 AM
Quote from: iconoclast on February 14, 2011, 09:05:59 AM
Use Trueachievements.com instead - superior site. I only use x360a for the roadmaps now.

What is better about it, specifically? I'd have trouble walking away from my existing playlists, but x360a's Forums are poorly populated and difficult to navigate.

I'm not even sure where to begin, but almost everything is better about TA.

- The layout is better
- It's a LOT more personalized
- It's much easier to organize multiplayer/co-op/boosting sessions
- You can set personal goals that the site will keep track of (ie. beat the gamerscore of Stallion83, complete 200 games by 2012, etc),
- Achievements have their own individual guides and solutions that anyone can post and vote on
- It tracks your achievements automatically (all of the achievements you have a green label; ones you're missing have a red label), making it easier to see what you have left to complete
- You have a "trophy case" that highlights all of your hardest and favorite achievements
- There are lots of public leaderboards you can join (or create), and they are displayed right on your page
- It separates DLC achievements from the main game. That basically means you can complete game without having DLC that you don't own drag your completion percentage down
- The main gimmick of the site, "true achievements," is pretty cool too. What they do is take the number of players who own the game, and give each achievement a multiplier based on who's earned it and who hasn't. So games that are REALLY hard will have a high "true achievement" value, while the easy games will have a low value. So for example, Dead or Alive 4 is worth 4,344 right now, while Call of Duty 4 is only worth 1,319 points. It's not perfect (arcade games get the shaft), but it's a pretty decent way to gauge how difficult a game really is.

That's just off the top of my head. x360a still has its advantages, but it's pretty ghetto in comparison.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: drew on February 14, 2011, 03:41:42 PM: nerds

all of you
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: Herr Mafflard on February 14, 2011, 04:05:00 PM: wow drew spotted some nerds on a gaming forum

next let's see if he's able to spot a few child molesters working for the catholic church, or if that's too tough, maybe he can spot a few liars in government.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: drew on February 14, 2011, 04:06:15 PM: wow someone responded in an inflammatory way towards me surprise of surprises
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: Raban on February 14, 2011, 04:11:04 PM: drew, I love you, but I think you're lost. Do you even play video games?
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: Herr Mafflard on February 14, 2011, 04:11:24 PM: wow drew is being all sarcastic, that's a first
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 15, 2011, 01:40:55 AM: Quote from: drew on February 14, 2011, 03:41:42 PM
nerds

all of you
Quote from: drew on February 14, 2011, 04:06:15 PM
wow someone responded in an inflammatory way towards me surprise of surprises

Dude, seriously, build a bridge and get over yourself.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 15, 2011, 01:41:55 AM: Quote from: iconoclast on February 14, 2011, 10:44:32 AM
- It tracks your achievements automatically (all of the achievements you have a green label; ones you're missing have a red label), making it easier to see what you have left to complete

SOLD. I am all joined up.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: Brehvolution on February 15, 2011, 01:28:50 PM: TA looks cool so I signed up too.
Add me, my GT is zerohero375
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: drew on February 15, 2011, 01:32:11 PM: Quote from: chronovore on February 15, 2011, 01:40:55 AM
Dude, seriously, build a bridge and get over yourself.

WYKD BURN BRO
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: iconoclast on February 15, 2011, 02:23:36 PM: Added you guys to my FL. Glad to see more people have seen the TA light :bow

(you have my old GT on your friends list, Zero Hero)
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: The Sceneman on February 15, 2011, 07:20:23 PM: alright I may have to join the party. If this website is better for the discerning cheevo whore :-*
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 16, 2011, 06:20:35 AM: You can pretty much already color me in the "not looking back" category.
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on February 16, 2011, 07:56:07 AM: I signed up for TA
Title: Re: Xbox360Achievements.org down?
Post by: chronovore on February 18, 2011, 07:37:01 AM: Add us! Let's compare e-peen.

I continue to be impressed with the site. x360a.org has a bug where it wouldn't add any of my DLC 'cheevs for Red Dead Redemption. Because TA just reads the gamertag information directly, I just have to click "Show me what I don't have" and it offers it right up, with links for the guides. Suh-weet.

More than that, any older games, I don't have to add them and then fill them out to track stuff. It's already there.