How fast can you reach 1 Million Gamerscore? In the early days of Xbox Achievements, this seemed almost impossible. Now with the advent of easy title updates and quick completion, a TA member aims to reveal and highlight just how easy this previously incomprehensible feat can be.
If you’re reading this, you’re probably aware of the current state of the Xbox achievement system. There have always been publishers coming up with easy games and fast completion, but ever since opening the door to 1,000GB worth of easy title updates, we’ve seen ease of play and developers cleverly get around Microsoft’s rules. Gamerscore on their games. Full discussion of these title updates and other controversies (see Aabs Animals, Cruz Brothers, One Step After Fall, Eastasiasoft, and more recently Ratalaika Games) has created a strong divide in the community between those who welcome Easy Gs and those who don’t. The achievement system runs down the drain and believe me no one actually “achieves” anything with these upgrades.
One TA member who is firmly in the latter camp is Martel 18, which is currently trying to run a Gamerscore speed of one million. Watched live on Twitch. In six days, Martel18 – using the Gamertag BabyGamersSuck – has unlocked 3,766 achievements worth a total of 387,135 Gamerscore (accurate at the time of writing). Why do they do this? According to Martel 18, desire is born out of curiosity.
“With the floodgates open on easy 1000G games and title updates, it amazes me how much one can score in a day, week or month and how quickly you can get to a million,” said Martel18. “The most recent account that had to do this in six months confirmed my decision to do it alone after setting it to ‘do not track’ the account’s massive engagement.”
Earning 1 million Gamerscore was considered an impossible task by many. The first “GamerScore millionaire,” Stallion83, took years to achieve this feat, but thanks to its fast completion, 1,000G title updates, and other easy-to-achieve titles, a Gamerscore million can be achieved relatively quickly. GamerScore is so readily available these days that on the first day of Martell18’s quick effort, they hit a quarter of a million GamerScore.
“I was not initially planning to gain 245,000 grams on the first day, but a few days before I started my attempt, Shadow Kisuraki noted that Lastomini had set a record daily over 213,000 grams on an account in September 2021. With 1,000,000 grams. G to his credit,” Martel18 said. “I dig deep into the Xitilon/Desert Water/those easy 2k-5k lists that post now. And I’ve installed stacks of games that are under 10 minutes in length and another bunch of RB-skip visual novels to jump right in when I need a break.
“I got pregnant on the floor and waited for midnight to start the save file. I couldn’t register before 2400g, so I wore Aabs idle while registering on TA.”
Of course, 245,000G can come fast these days, and getting that much Gamerscore in just 24 hours is a real test of endurance and quite an achievement. Martel18 said they were “much more alert and coherent” throughout the day, thanks to work commitments and “some ADHD hyperactivity” that had already upended their sleep schedule. Martel18 went to a takeaway on the first day so they could eat some decent food instead of fast food.
Interestingly enough, just days after going live, the Martel18 BabyGamersSuck account gained so much Gamerscore in such a short time that Microsoft banned it, even though they were streaming for proof. Microsoft, unable to understand Gamerscore to get this fast, determined that Baby Gamersuck was using unauthorized software to unlock achievements. “If that doesn’t tell you how broken the system is right now, I don’t know what does,” said Martell, 18. Fortunately, the account is now unblocked and the momentum can continue.
The rest of Speedrun is set with a spreadsheet of 772 total games, divided into publishers with a general time tab. About 60% of those games were previously owned, and the rest have since been purchased, using sales earned from Microsoft Rewards points and $400 Xbox Gift Cards. Martel18 tells us that they avoid games with full ratings over four hours, but make exceptions for games they enjoy and are fast-paced, like “Unicorn Princess, Goldeny, My Little Riding Champion, Metal: Helsinger, Horse Club Adventures 1+2, etc.” “My Horse and Me 2 and Minecraft.” Martel18 has 21 days off in April and aims to complete 600,000 of its one million Gamerscore goal this month.
So why did Martell18 prepare itself for such a difficult task? What message are they trying to send? Well, Martell18 says we’d love to see Microsoft implement a policy change with the Xbox achievement system because things are starting to get out of hand.
“It’s okay at first, there are some easy games to clear the palate after grinding long or hard games for a while,” said Martel18. “Since the infamous Xitilon disaster, it has been much more than that. We should not add 1000 grams every six months to the current content. We should not underestimate sales achievements.
“If your game has ten worlds with ten levels each, there should be achievements for reaching the end, and then some other achievement in between. Get creative with them – jumping 150 times is not an achievement unless you have something special. jump. Many games have 100% of the quarter mark in the game. helped you.
“I expect a change in policy from Microsoft. 5000G limit and title refresh score limit for games to add content, not to add a GamerScore to what already exists. I’m not saying no Title updates, but max. 250 gm every six months. Big budget games can always apply for an exception – at least in one game the policy is to get achievements to complete the story.
You can also follow Martel18’s progress on TA (BabyGamersSuck) and more popularity.
