Trophy Trackerz Podcast Episode 0.5
Hey guys, at last we have some substantial audio which we can call a half-episode! This 35 minute long piece has a brief outline of who we are, what platinums we have, and what we’re planning to do with the show, as well as a wee What We’ve Been Ho’ing section. Visit us at http://www.trophytrackerz.wordpress.com and please keep listening! Thanks!
Episode at:
http://www.archive.org/download/TrophyTrackerzEpisode0.5/Episode0.5.mp3
Competitiveness on a Different Level?
Hey guys, BigC3 here sorry about the lack of content we’ve had out recently, we never anticipated this massive lack of free time when we originally planned this. So, I decided to write a wee article here to make up for it a bit.
With the release of trophies in the summer of 2008, Sony unleashed a new beast. Before, Playstation owners played games purely for the enjoyment with friends and to move up the leaderboards in one or two particular games. However, a new dimension was added; friends competing against each other over a large number of games, instead of just within one game at a time.
This has inevitably lead to ultra-competitive gamers fighting for the highest number of platinums to the furthest extremes.
It must be remembered that Sony and the Playstation leveling system counts each platinum trophy as equal in number of points, but different levels of respect are given to the different games from which these platinums can be earned. For example, Terminator Salvation is regarded as one of the ‘easiest’ platinums to achieve, as it requires only a small number of hours to achieve, without any real challenge, whereas Warhawk requires hundreds of hours to win the set number of games with all the in-game rewards which must be achieved.
The ‘hardcore’ trophy earners rarely try to achieve these ‘hard’ platinums – ones which require over 10 hours of work generally, instead sticking to the easiest ones,which may give them a reputation as a ‘Trophy Whore’. Stooping to these lows to increase the level will give the player little satisfaction in the grand scheme of things, whereas the massive relief and self-confidence gained on a harder game will grant immense satisfaction and bragging rights, as well as a higher social standing – fellow gamers will recognise the original gamers skill when they see the ‘hard’ platinum they have just earned.
I can speak from experience on this – last summer I took out a subscription to a postage-game rental service, with the primary aims of achieving some more platinums and trying out some games I wouldn’t have had a chance to otherwise – Bionic Commando, Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Tomb Raider: Underworld, among others. While I did enjoy the easier games, longer and harder ones such as Bionic Commando gave a me a deeper sense of satisfaction when I earned the platinum, even though I had only achieved the Lord Of The Rings one a fortnight beforehand.
Now I turn my attention to completing the harder games which I own and still have to platinum – Warhawk, Grand Theft Auto IV, Battlefield Bad Company, Killzone 2; the sense of accomplishment when I finally platinum these should, hopefully, be overwhelming.
With some of these well-respected platinums earned, I will hopefully be able to compare myself to the highest of ‘Trophy Whores’ – those who have Hannah Montana and Up in their catalogue; played purely for the platinum, and not the fun and satisfaction which goes along with the game.
Gaming used to be a verb – something you did to entertain yourself; with the introduction of trophies, and the rule of mandatory trophies as of last January, Sony has turned gaming into a noun – it is now a game in itself; instead of exclusively playing Call of Duty games in order to reach the peaks of the leaderboard, gamers are now playing all games to reach the peak of the trophy leaderboard, by spreading their gameplay across several, often several dozen, games, which, while increasing the rank and competitiveness of gaming, also could decrease the fun which used to be involved by a few friends sitting around blowing stuff up and having a laugh.
Sorry For The Delay
Hey guys, BigC3 here to apologise for the long delay in getting an episode to you.
Obviously, as we are 5 hours time difference, out recording options are limited. By the time Dewars is free during the week, its 9pm here in Scotland, and I can’t make too much noise otherwise my sleeping family will wake.
And the weekends are providing disasterous due to work and exams etc.
All this means that we will probably have to reduce the podcast to a monthly one, sorry!
However, we hope to be releasing Episode 1 within a few weeks, so stay tuned!
Thanks for your patience,
BigC3
Legitimately on iTunes!
Hi guys, just a wee notice to tell you that we are legitimately on iTunes – the feed will be getting a revamp soon, so don’t worry about that picture!
Link is here. Thanks for listening!
(Illegitimately) on iTunes!
Hey guys, if you want to listen to us via iTunes’ Podcast feature – go to Advanced; Subscribe to Podcast and paste “https://trophytrackerz.wordpress.com/feed/” into the box. It then should add us to your podcast feed.
Episode 0.5
This is our one minute long test episode, really just to make sure everything works OK.
Look out for it on iTunes!
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Launch of the Trophy Trackerz Podcast page!
Hi everyone, BigC3 here to launch this brand new site, which hosts the podcast, dedicated to bringing you all you could ever need to know about Trophies on the Playstation 3!
Hopefully this site will become more visually appealing in the next few days, and me and dewars hope to have Episode 1 out by the end of the week.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you enjoy listening to Trophy Trackerz Podcast!
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