Gamerscore Milestone: Doubled Up
by John on Dec.15, 2009, under Main Stuff
This evening, my Xbox/Games for Windows Gamerscore exceeded 11790 points, which is double the amount that I had on January 1, 2009. This is the second year in a row that I have managed to double my Gamerscore over the course of a year. The achievement which put me over this plateau was “Medal of Honor (100G)” from Mass Effect.
It is exceedingly unlikely that I will be able to double up a third time in a row, mostly because at my current rate of Gamerscore completion (approximately 22.25%) I would need to play 54 ‘new’ retail games to my usual level of completion; this would of course be the easiest way to accomplish a third double up, but it is far from the most cost-effective.
Additionally, the Gamerscore number, by and large, is a meaningless statistic. It is subject to any number of variances in difficulty and its purpose is mere bragging rights. As I am not usually given to braggadocio, nor am I particularly attached to the idea of having a larger Gamerscore than anyone else, I instead look to the statistic for numerical curiosity as well as opportunities to challenge myself– hence the double up challenge and the thousand-point milestones.
