Player clocks WOW achievements

By Oli Welsh Published 2 December, 2009

MMO "completed" in Taiwan.

A Taiwanese player has has become the first to complete every single one of World of Warcraft's achievements - which is probably as close as anyone can come to "completing" the game.

MMO Champion (via GamePro) reports that the character Little Grey, a Tauren Druid, is the first and only player to have 986 out of 986 achievements listed on his Armory page. (In fact, he's missing one World Event achievement, but a bug has balanced it out with 165/164 PVP achievements.)

Little Grey has 100 mounts and 75 vanity pets; has completed every quest in the game, visited every location, and defeated every dungeon and raid boss; has made over 100,000 valid player kills in PVP and achieved 100 victories in each of the game's Battlegrounds; has achieved Exalted reputation with 40 separate factions, and more.

According to Little Grey's Armory stats, the character has played 2124 Arena battles, taken 1911 flight paths, completed 5906 quests (an average of just under 15 a day) died 8543 times and killed 496,539 players and creatures. Little Grey has also hugged eleven times, waved once, LOL'd once and has never cheered.

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  • mcbi4kh2 #1 2 years ago

    How many hours did it take him?

  • kangarootoo #2 2 years ago

    "Little Grey has also hugged eleven times, waved once, LOL'd once and has never cheered"

    I like this guy/girl already.

    Anyone who "lol"s, realises the error of their ways, and never does so ever again is ok in my book.

  • Scimarad #3 2 years ago

    Never cheered? The miserable bugger...

  • qoobah #4 2 years ago

    Around 5 bazillion probably.

    EVERY quest in this game? Geez...

    I admit the achievement hunting was never my thing. I'm probably not in the majority, seeing how many people enjoy "completing" their gamerscore, but this, well, this just sounds so excessive.

  • Tnuc #5 2 years ago

    What a cunt

  • Headache #6 2 years ago

    The mind boggles over how much time all that must have taken!

  • kangarootoo #7 2 years ago

    @Scimarad

    Maybe he did a little tiny cheer when he completed the game, but in real life, so nobody will ever know.

  • TenMinJoe #8 2 years ago

    I can't get past the part where it says "In fact, he's missing one World Event achievement".

    So, the story is "Player clocks WOW achievements, except, actually he doesn't."

  • Zebula77 #9 2 years ago

    ...he must have been so disappointed to find out there's nothing else to do in the game. What a bummer.

  • ZuluHero #10 2 years ago

    I think that one missing achievement is unattainable though. Basically he's done everything he can. He’s done well, at least he can say he’s gotten the most out of WoW, not many can say that.

  • towser #11 2 years ago

    As a committed (no puns please) WoW player I am truly in awe. This guys has even less of a life than me. Awesome! :-D

    Still, props to the guy/girl that takes some doing

  • septimus #12 2 years ago

    Visions of that South Park episode.

  • persus-9 #13 2 years ago

    The achievement he's missing apears to be from the Christmas event so he should make it to full completion in another couple of weeks.

  • feistycheese #14 2 years ago

    Little Grey has also forgotten what the sun looks like, hasnt spoke to a real person for 3 years and is still a virgin (unless of course you count that cybersex with the fictional Elvish maiden back in 2007)

  • Skurmedel #15 2 years ago

    I'm not envious really... bugger me that must've taken a lot of time.

  • Zidargh #16 2 years ago

    Now all he has to do is wait for the expansion pack and do it ALL. OVER. AGAIN.

  • FooAtari #17 2 years ago

    Well he "looks" reasonably normal (where did the link to the picture go). Now that the game has been out five years will probably see more stories like this. If wow is the only game he plays I bet the amount of time he has played is pretty close to the total amount of time many EGers spend playing games, but split over many games

    Anyway, fair play to him, he is certainly getting the most out of the game and I'm not one to judge anyone on how they spend their time. Besides I know some pretty heavy WoW players who have a family, healthy social life etc
    Edited by 1 at 02/12/09 @ 10:28

  • dudefella #18 2 years ago

    Well worthy of a hearty OMFG!!!

    Jesus christ I wonder what his /played is. Probably like 8000 hours. Crazy mother effer

  • sneetch #19 2 years ago

    @mcbi4kh2
    How many hours did it take him?

    I'm sure it can only be meaningfully measured in weeks. :)

    My main has 287 / 986 and I put a shameful amount of time into the game. Mind you, most of that was before they introduced the achievements so I haven't got credit for a lot of my raid kills (like Raggy and Nefarian) but still... sheesh!

  • robostac #20 2 years ago

    @persus-9

    But by the time that achievements completable, 3.3 will probably be out, along with a lot of new achievements (of which lots aren't completable until Icecrown fully opens a couple of months later).

  • Nephirion #21 2 years ago

    How ironic theres a bug when you hit ahchievement cap I expect this to be hot fixed immeadiately

  • Rorsch #22 2 years ago

    he lacks the girlfriend achievement :/

  • Paulie_P #23 2 years ago

    @Lord

    If this is what hardcore means, you can keep it - I'm away to get laid here.

  • geeza2020 #24 2 years ago

    Paulie P - hahaha yeah right ;)

  • skullstorm #25 2 years ago

    They'll end up adding achievements to making crappy plastic toys and knockoff goods now.

  • Hantheman #26 2 years ago

    That's the saddest thing I've ever heard.

  • butler` #27 2 years ago

    as easy as it is to knock him, I say good on him.

    he can look back on that as a gaming achievement like no other, in what will go on to become one of the most important video games of all time

  • Gaol #28 2 years ago

    Article needs mention of /played time.

  • FooAtari #29 2 years ago

    @butler, it is easy to knock him.

    Doesn't say anything about him in the article. How do we know he has no girlfriend or isn't married?
    There are three guys at my work who play a lot of WoW. All are married with families.

    And as I said, I bet some of you spend a similar amount of time playing games. It's just split over many games, instead of all in one.

  • HistoryTeller #30 2 years ago

    Perhaps this was not done alone? It could be a shared account - friends or some hardcore guild sharing characters?

    Never the less, in a catchy word: Epix!

  • IneptPercy #31 2 years ago

    "There are three guys at my work who play a lot of WoW. All are married with families."

    For now...

    I would be imbarassed to be so good at WOW, as it is a real life gets in the way so I don't even have time to start playing it.

  • The_Inquisitor #32 2 years ago

    I can't wait for his autobiography.

  • JahB #33 2 years ago

    Achievment Unlocked:

    Get a life.

  • mkreku #34 2 years ago

    I remember trying to get Exalted with ONE faction, and giving up after killing my hundredth bugbear (or whatever that thing was) with no reaction on the meter. It was horrible. He's Exalted with 40 factions..

  • JimWest #35 2 years ago

    Let's hope he goes outside now.

    Seriously that is too much time on a video game. I love games, but i enjoy seeing the real world sometimes.

  • HuggyAtHome #36 2 years ago

    ....and he has never seen a Wii, he's THAT hardcore.

    Fair play to him - if that's what floats his boat then good luck to him, but what is he going to do now??
    Edited by 1 at 02/12/09 @ 12:58

  • butler` #37 2 years ago

    Sadly, there is no doubt that IF this is a single individual then he probably has serious issues. That's just the nature of the game and the achievement, which ever way you look at it.

  • Emmit_Assassin #38 2 years ago

    What a life achievement. I'm sure his grandchildren will be very proud of him.

    Oh, no wait...he won't have any...as he has no other life and no girlfriend.

  • thebuzzard #39 2 years ago

    The amount of time played probably isnt that huge (in wow terms), its more down to being in a guild where you can get all the raid stuff done, a team that can get the PVP stuff done and sticking to one character instead of playing lots of alts.

  • Dizzy #40 2 years ago

    He also gained 45kg, drank 347536 cans of coke, ordered 854678 pizzas and didn't have sex once according to the armory.

  • Canyarion #41 2 years ago

    Clearly not a roleplayer.

  • Zomeguy #42 2 years ago

    I don't really understand the reactions...

    Alot of people here are sooo eager to pick on the casual (Wii) crowd, but now that you have a guy that clearly "owns" you in the hardcore department you are like: Oh noes, that's just wrong! OMG, no job, wife, kids, sex, sunlight, fat, fast food, sleep, wasted time etc.

    Bunch of hypocrites...

  • Boomerang #43 2 years ago

    This is from the same part of the world where people die from playing games no-stop 'til they expire.

    Deary me. A historic achievment yes, but one anyone outside the world of gaming gives a toss about? They'll just think he's a sad little maggot that desperately needs a girlfriend.

  • CaoSlayer #44 2 years ago

    He needs more hugs

  • Zidargh #45 2 years ago

    He also gained 45kg, drank 347536 cans of coke, ordered 854678 pizzas and didn't have sex once according to the armory.

    Dizzy I have an issue with your statistics. Surely he would have consumed more cans of coke than pizza? ;)

  • Rorsch #46 2 years ago

    @ Zomeguy: it's this kind of people who give gaming a bad name. that's why people ask me "so you play videogames, hum? you spend your life in a computer playing, hum?"

    don't see why people have to transform a fun experience in a tedious, time consuming, work-like endeavor

    if people star saying they watch 100 movies a week, people won't take movie fans seriously anymore..

  • TheBoyChris #47 2 years ago

    Fuck me.

  • davisorle #48 2 years ago

    "Little Grey has also hugged eleven times, waved once, LOL'd once and has never cheered. "

    lmfao...

  • FooAtari #49 2 years ago

    @Rorsch
    don't see why people have to transform a fun experience in a tedious, time consuming, work-like endeavor

    And who are you to decide what he or anyone else finds fun? I'm sure that he did not find this a work-like endevour. He just likes playing WoW, a lot.

    if people star saying they watch 100 movies a week, people won't take movie fans seriously anymore..

    Im sure there are people who do just that. However no speaks about it, because no one cares. It just playing a lot of games MAKES YOU THE WORSE PERSON EVER


    I like all the assumptions people here make without even knowing a damn thing about him other than that he plays WoW. It doesn't even say how much time he spends playing it.

    Based on what I read in these comments threads I'd say a lot of people here are console only gamers who define themselves as "core" gamers.

    Apparantly the Wii is crap as it's for casuals
    The PC is crap as it's for nerds
    WoW is crap because to play it you have no life

    Xbox or PS3 though, well they are awesome and what everyone should conform to if they want to be deemed as "normal", whatever that is. Anything else and they will pass judgement on you as being in some form different (in a negative way).

  • kangarootoo #50 2 years ago

    @Rorsch

    "don't see why people have to transform a fun experience in a tedious, time consuming, work-like endeavor"

    followed swiftly by,

    "if people star saying they watch 100 movies a week, people won't take movie fans seriously anymore.. "


    Sounds to me like what you really mean is that you feel insecure about how seriously people take your hobby, and you think that this guy's actions are undermining that.

    My advice to you sir is to stop worrying about what this guy does for fun, and also stop worrying what anybody else thinks about gaming as well.

  • FooAtari #51 2 years ago

    ^ Well said

  • Psi #52 2 years ago

    everything in moderation. from the reactions on here this would take quite a while to achieve, doubtless the time could have been spent better.

    pass the bar exam or complete world of warcraft?

  • dr_faulk #53 2 years ago

    What a moron. He could have cured cancer by now. Or gotten cancer.

  • M_of_the_sys #54 2 years ago

    So what has he gotten out of doing all this? Online community praise? A sense of self-achievement? Fun? Money?

  • dingo75 #55 2 years ago

    nerf Druids

  • kangarootoo #56 2 years ago

    "doubtless the time could have been spent better"

    What, the way way we all do?

    Seriously, anybody who is "spending their time better" isn't reading this. Nobody here is spending their time better.


    Far too many people on here worried about what everyone else is up to. So long as he is having fun and not harming anyone, he is doing a far better job of life than many people out there.

    A drunk driver is a moron. A rapist is a moron. A BNP member is a moron. A piss head that spends his time fighting outside the pub every weekend is a moron. Somebody spending all their time playing WoW is pretty benign by comparison.

  • kangarootoo #57 2 years ago

    @M_of_the_sys

    Answer.
    Fun.

  • a8a #58 2 years ago

    I doubt he's actually completed every quest in the game - I havent specifically counted how many there are, but technically you only need 3000 quests for all the quest-based achievements - my own character has all achievements in the quests category, and there are still many quests I've never touched.

    The one he is missing is a Christmas achievement which was added since last year. Presumably he'll get it soon enough - but then he'll be missing some of the ones that are added in 3.3, which is probably released next week.

  • Stu #59 2 years ago

    I suppose if you're going to dedicate your entire existence to something, you may as well do it well. Bravo, you tragic loser.

  • masterson #60 2 years ago

    Yes! Let's all knock the nerdy boy! (On an internet forum. About video games. Without a hint of irony).

    Also nice to see folks finding the time to post here that they could never find the time to play.

    Anyway - If it makes him happy then good for him. I wonder if he'll quit or roll an alt...

  • Sharks #61 2 years ago

    Now he can focus on that real life of his

    Alot of people here are sooo eager to pick on the casual (Wii) crowd, but now that you have a guy that clearly "owns" you in the hardcore department you are like: Oh noes, that's just wrong! OMG, no job, wife, kids, sex, sunlight, fat, fast food, sleep, wasted time etc.

    It's not double standards, people on here like moderation best.
    Edited by 3 at 02/12/09 @ 17:06

  • sneetch #62 2 years ago

    @kangarootoo
    "doubtless the time could have been spent better"

    What, the way way we all do?

    Seriously, anybody who is "spending their time better" isn't reading this. Nobody here is spending their time better.

    Indeed and the people commenting on it (myself included) are most definitely not spending their time better.

    I find it astounding that you're damned if you do and damned if you don't when it comes to gaming. Do some people here truly believe that they are the ones - apparently the only ones - who have the game-life balance right? What you consider moderation others could consider an unhealthy obsession.

    @masterson
    Yes! Let's all knock the nerdy boy! (On an internet forum. About video games. Without a hint of irony).

    Yeah, I always find that hilarious myself. :)
    Edited by 1 at 02/12/09 @ 18:00

  • Drpwnage #63 2 years ago

    I am really rather impressed, the single minded, dogged determination and perserverance Little Grey has shown is admirable.

    Personally, I found only a small handful of the WoW 'achievements' gave any sense of achievement at all, and it was more of an achievement to correctly enter my WoW login password first time after a few beers!

  • damell #64 2 years ago

    Whoever this player is, he has played World of Warcraft nearly every hour of every day for the past year and a half. Gentlemen, we are dealing with someone here who... had absolutely no life.

  • DrStrangelove #65 2 years ago

    So he's spending most of his time playing WOW. That may be more fulfilling than spending most of your time at work.

  • Rorsch #66 2 years ago

    well, when he's 80 he'll feel bad for missing the prime of his life.. I should the start a movement, something like "Games in your life, not your life in a game"

  • byakuya83 #67 2 years ago

    I don't play WoW and never intend so I've no idea what all this means. But considering how many people do play the game it's quite an achievement to be the first. I could care less how this person chooses to spend their life, it's their life so let them live it without receiving bigotted criticism.

  • PeacockDreams #68 2 years ago

    His hardest achievement is yet to come.

    Its called the "successfully intergrate back into human life" achievement

    What a dickhead

  • o_ci2007 #69 2 years ago

    Much respect to this person/people. However I know a good psychotherapist who specialises in bereavement and post traumatic stress disorders so if you know or are this person please contact me asap.

  • abcd #70 2 years ago

    Well good for him. At least he can say he finished something he started. That puts me to shame.

  • AJGB #71 2 years ago

    Good, now send him off to work on Duke Nukem Forever.

  • steveb07 #72 2 years ago

    Well done fella. I would rather be doing that than sat at work now...

  • FooAtari #73 2 years ago

    @PeacockDreams
    His hardest achievement is yet to come.

    Its called the "successfully intergrate back into human life" achievement

    What a dickhead

    Being a bit judgmental there... Perhaps it's you thats the dickhead

  • sonicgoo #74 2 years ago

    I wonder if the 'no life' commenters would say the same about a world champion weightlifter or chess player. After all, they spend the majority of their life moving weights/little wooden figures around...