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Like most players, on Halo 3, I am fairly new to the game. I have found that there are many people who play the game for mere status. Those of you who have heard the words "who wants to play for achievements?" at the beginning of a match know what I'm talking about. I don't understand the correlation between giving achievements and EARNING them. An Achievement, as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is: "TO GAIN BY WORK OR EFFORT." Something given to you by a friend in a matched game has not been achieved, It has merely been given. I can go to an Army Surplus store and buy a Spacial Forces insignia and patch it on to a piece of clothing. In doing this, the only thing I have achieved is attaching cloth to cloth. I have never been through the rigerious training the special forces have had to go through and subsequintly have not earned the right to brandish the insignia. In short I would like to point out that having achievements, unless earned through gameplay and hard work, will not make you a better player. once the game starts and you can't can't back up your awards everyone will know who you are. At the end of the day I don't see how someone can feel a sense of accomplishment when, in actuality, they have accomplished nothing. If meaningless trophies are what you want on your walls, then please, continue to ask "Who wants to work on achievements?" But know this, there are many of us who have earned our achievements, and we will stand out aongst those of you who have not. In the end we will be on top. If you see me online never ask me to GIVE you something. Kill me or I will kill you. Thats what we're here for.

  • 11.17.2007 12:35 AM PDT

im trying to listen to you, but all i hear is wine wine wine.

seriously man, who really cares, its just a game. some people might find it easier to ask for help rather than wait forever to get a chance at the double splazer kill, just chill out and let people do what they wanna do.

  • 11.17.2007 12:57 AM PDT

the only achievement i didnt earn solely on my own was the double splazer kill, and i didnt even ask for help, the other guys were doing it, so i just joined in, other than that, i've done everything on my own.

  • 11.17.2007 1:00 AM PDT

I personally need Mongoose mowdown and havnt gotten to play on high grounds so i cant get the last achievement. This is the only game i want to gain all of the achievements but dammit why does this one have to be so hard?!

  • 11.17.2007 1:01 AM PDT

"You've created a topic that is not about Halo 3. What should I do?

Dance around it and sprinkle it with flowers?

These are busy forums, and have rules for a reason. People who ignore them or disregard them should be advised that they are disrupting and misusing the forums that nearly everyone else are properly using."

-Recon Number 54 (a.k.a. My Hero)

I hear what you're saying, but I think it's dumb. I wanted the Achievements any way possible, solely because it would be a badass punch in the face to every single friend I had on Live, because they didn't have them. So I PRAYED that someone would offer to get the Steppin' Razor achievement (the only one I needed help with), so I could finally get my Overkill and be done with it.

I realise it's just a game, but that doesn't mean you can't have a little friendly competition to see who can get everything first ;)

  • 11.17.2007 1:05 AM PDT