Comments on: Pyro Maniacs: Achieving Nothing in TF2

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By: Ketamonkey

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By: Internetpope

Internetpope — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:31:31 +0000

You have to admit GRIEFING on an achievement server is a great thing to behold, though it seems these days people are far more silent and don’t use ‘retard’ at all.

Some whiny people use voteban, and it’s even more fun when they can’t voteban you because other players actually like you.

However, I do use achievement servers sometimes, mostly only for the achievements that you’d fuck your team for if you tried to get them. Also, I already have all of the unlocks so i’m not gaining much.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:04:44 +0000

I read this article soon after having spent about an hour and a half on an achievement server. It had to be the most retarded hour and a half of gaming in my life. Pyro’s my favorite class, and although I’m not in any rush to get those shiny new Pyro weapons, I did grind my way to a flare gun. Wasn’t too difficult, as I only needed four or five achievements to get it. What kept me playing was a sick fascination, sort of like wasting time watching weird video clips on ebaumsworld.com, or something like that. An hour and a half of mowing down bots (something like ten spies and one heavy), and the odd brave soul, or fool, who decided to play for the BLU bots.

Anyway, I’ve got no problem with the achievement servers. They’re a bit ridiculous, somewhat pathetic, and mildly amusing. I just doubt I’ll play on them anymore.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:04:23 +0000

The Pyro Gun makes Pyros kinda like snipers.. I don’t like it :(.

By: peter

peter — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:52:29 +0000

“you end up fucking up your team’s game if you try to get them”

that’s how i feel sometimes. most achievements seem to be geared towards playing the class how it’s meant to be played, but there are a few thrown in that will end up in the player hurting their team for the sake of a colored icon.

that’s the reason i joined an achievement server. i had already earned enough pyro achievements by playing normally to unlock all 3 weapons, yet i found myself wasting time trying to get achievements i didn’t really need for anything, so i joined an achievement server and took care of them so i could go back to playing the game normally.

so i have no problem with achievement servers if you only use them once you’ve unlocked the items for that class. otherwise it’s just annoying, but whatever, i’ll be happier with my sandman when i’ve earned it.

By: Kodaz

Kodaz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:45:48 +0000

I hate achievements.

I bought Team Fortress 2 about one week ago, and I was amazed to see the oh-so-great items my long time playing friends had and I, the newbie, had not.

It really spoils some of the fun for me as some of the items has more advantages than disadvantages, for example the über-saw. Maybe if I had saw each update a time I would’nt be so disappointed, but I bought the game and BAM! One hundred achievments to unlock if you want the whole experience. I mean, some achievements are okay, but the ones like: Got a Light or OMGWTFBBQ are purely circunstancial and useless to get, you end up fucking up your team’s game if you try to get them. I’m not saying that I endorse achievements servers, I think it’s against the objective of a team-based game like TF2, but again, so are the achievements to me.

By: Fartnog Buttstinkle

Fartnog Buttstinkle — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:01:33 +0000

I like how John P. felt the need to point out that they’re all “homophobic 12 year old american halo kids” as opposed to say, the Canadian, German, British, etc. kids who are all well-spoken, well-mannered angels.

By: Wah

Wah — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:54:01 +0000

Seems that some of you take this game pretty seriously. This is tf2 not WoW.
how many people do you think bought this game so they could grind achievements? First person shooters are not about completing tasks that are of no use to your team just so you can have access to all of the equipment.
They are about everyone being on the same level using the same gear with skill/teamwork being the deciding factors.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:12:31 +0000

What is everyone complaining about? These kind of servers knock out 2 kinds of flamers out of normal gameplay:

1: Normally, if there were no achievement maps, then players would be spamming servers trying to get every single achievement, and nothing else. Yes, we already have them, but in fewer quantities, and now when they come to public servers they have many fewer achievements to spam, meaning they’re done sooner.

2.) Straight up flamers. They’re having a ball pissing off other people trying to get these achievements, rather than joining real servers, and mic spamming, ubering enemy spys on purpose, etc. The more that are spamming these games, are the fewer that are pissing you off in the main servers.

By: Stevo

Stevo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:26:40 +0000

Today I finally started playing Medic, and I did so for about three hours. I thought to myself “I wounder what the “Blutsucker” is like, or the “Urber Saw”. So I went into an achievements server, and did some achievements… only to be extremly disapointed in myself. Now I’ve got two new Medic items, a ruined stats sheet, and a small dislike for the game. I came upon this page (Which, by the way, is brilliently written and enjoyable to read) while searching the web relentlessly for a way to reset my achievements and stats… :’(

By: sam

sam — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:39:06 +0000

im so pissed! my little bro did one of these to get unlocks and now i hide my steam page in shame…:(