Popular Post LastMinuteSavior Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 Thought I'd share this with everyone: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Aecesaje_ Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 So they just completely skip over the guy that did 252 platinums in a day? He's on this website and looking at his profile, it seems like he will be doing the same soon 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 The end of the video was disappointing, people keep insisting that hakoom is "greatest trophy hunter of all time" jesus thats so 2014 feelings, the guy is almost in third place currently and accuses people close to his score of cheaters, but his image is consolidated as a badass by the mainstream and that won't change. I had hoped that there would be some mention of psnp users (floriis, danny) who achieved platinum from Necrodancer, but unfortunately none of them appeared in the video, would be deserving of that honor. 6 minutes ago, maiathewinners said: So they just completely skip over the guy that did 252 platinums in a day? He's on this website and looking at his profile, it seems like he will be doing the same soon Bryan's record was beaten by himself to 100 platinum in one day iirc, the video is pretty outdated about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AJ_Radio Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 Hakoom was always overrated. He posted a video showing his entire collection of Japanese visual novels and games on his PS Vita back in 2014. The hobby always meant having the money and the time. Those games were too expensive for the average person, which is why most people never bothered buying them. Floriiss, Danny_Johansen, PrinceofPeace, TheYuriG and those other guys are too far 'underground' to generally be mentioned, even though they have exceptionally good profiles. I've seen videos from Gameranx before. They hold every ounce of credibility as Watch Mojo has. Utter trash. Catering entirely to the braindead masses out there. Maybe somebody watching that video will go "Damn I must check out what PSNP is all about". Then they'll see all the EZ infested garbage on the New Trophy Lists section and buy up whatever they can get. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Property_Damage Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 Ahh the dreadful name drop thread of profiles with more that one active user popping trophies on a single account to increase internet penis size 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, AJ_Radio said: Hakoom was always overrated. He posted a video showing his entire collection of Japanese visual novels and games on his PS Vita back in 2014. The hobby always meant having the money and the time. Those games were too expensive for the average person, which is why most people never bothered buying them. Floriiss, Danny_Johansen, PrinceofPeace, TheYuriG and those other guys are too far 'underground' to generally be mentioned, even though they have exceptionally good profiles. I've seen videos from Gameranx before. They hold every ounce of credibility as Watch Mojo has. Utter trash. Catering entirely to the braindead masses out there. Maybe somebody watching that video will go "Damn I must check out what PSNP is all about". Then they'll see all the EZ infested garbage on the New Trophy Lists section and buy up whatever they can get. I mean, hakoom was cool back in the day. There weren't many guys with such a dedication to this hobby. I remember that in 2011 there was a news on television talking about this trophy hunting, and there was an interview with one of the biggest Brazilian trophy hunters, who at the time was #1 here. and there was a monthly updated leaderboard in a Playstation magazine. i ended up befriending this guy's irl at the time because he was from my hometown. I mean hakoom was one of those cool guys, but that time is gone, he's not all that anymore and people need to stop putting him on a pedestal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, kevao97 said: I mean, hakoom was cool back in the day. There weren't many guys with such a dedication to this hobby. I remember that in 2011 there was a news on television talking about this trophy hunting, and there was an interview with one of the biggest Brazilian trophy hunters, who at the time was #1 here. and there was a monthly updated leaderboard in a Playstation magazine. i ended up befriending this guy's irl at the time because he was from my hometown. I mean hakoom was one of those cool guys, but that time is gone, he's not all that anymore and people need to stop putting him on a pedestal. I think part of that is because you were young. When I was growing up I looked up to Shaquille O'Neal. Great player in his prime, but over time, like everyone, he got old and became a has been. There were plenty of dudes during my teenage years that I looked up to, but I don't think I ever really looked up to somebody in the trophy hunting community. For one, I'm older than a lot of people on here, and two, the hobby has mainly revolved around who has the most time. Hakoom has some notable games on his list, but I don't think he really deserved all that praise. The people at the top cheat anyway, so the leaderboards were never a level playing field. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post You Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) Hakoom is kinda in a tricky place. I mean on the one hand he had a headstart over everybody and was one of the few people at the time when he got a PS3 to be unemployed and have a ton of games and ton of money to just try play games and try and get a ton of platinums quickly, Pre 2014 or so he did have the most impressive profile. Times have changed though, and now we have potentially 8 systems, since you can be logged into two PS3, two Vita, two PS4 and two PS5 and have teams playing. In a way it was unfair that Hakoom had a head start but now that head start is gone and everyone can easily catch up. On the rarity leaderboard we have here, he is about 25th, he's only 2nd due to playing shit games, and Ikemenzi who mostly plays 95% shit games is top now. You're gonna have to play more shit, just to catch up. Rank 2 is kinda the worst position to be in, I mean you're not top anymore. Now we have super easy platinums and yes, 151 platinums in one day, point wise that's as much as his first few years. I think he should just retire, he has a wife and child, they are way more important that the slave labour he has to do now just to keep up in the ranking. He has the glory of being the best in the world for many years. I'd be proud of that mantle. The past 4 years or so, have been shit regarding the lowering standards. There is nothing to be proud of being a "trophy hunter" anymore. Quantitative easing has ruined the trophy economy, trophies were never worth anything, now they're at an even lower zero value. Edited September 6, 2021 by enaysoft 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, AJ_Radio said: I think part of that is because you were young. When I was growing up I looked up to Shaquille O'Neal. Great player in his prime, but over time, like everyone, he got old and became a has been. There were plenty of dudes during my teenage years that I looked up to, but I don't think I ever really looked up to somebody in the trophy hunting community. For one, I'm older than a lot of people on here, and two, the hobby has mainly revolved around who has the most time. Hakoom has some notable games on his list, but I don't think he really deserved all that praise. The people at the top cheat anyway, so the leaderboards were never a level playing field. the thing about hakoom is that he was always a guy who cultivated his own image, in an idol and even commercial way. just see the comments of his videos, people refer to him as something transcendental lol. I know the guy strove to be what he is, but it's still a little bit over the top of people's positions on him. well, he sought and struggled to build an image like that, and he got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post You Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, kevao97 said: the thing about hakoom is that he was always a guy who cultivated his own image, in an idol and even commercial way. just see the comments of his videos, people refer to him as something transcendental lol. I know the guy strove to be what he is, but it's still a little bit over the top of people's positions on him. well, he sought and struggled to build an image like that, and he got it. Put simply, he was an early adopter, any of us could have been him if we'd known you could be famous for a while, just for collecting trophies. It's the same sort of thing on youtube. If PewDiePie started his channel today, would he be as famous? Starting out on PSN on youtube in 2008 is a completely different world to 2021. Early adopters were the winners. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 28 minutes ago, enaysoft said: I think he should just retire, he has a wife and child, they are way more important that the slave labour he has to do now just to keep up in the ranking. definitely, but he continues to deceive himself with the speech that he "loves gaming". I think this speech is a lie, I don't think what he does is for the love of gaming, but I'm not the owner of the truth and I could be wrong. I see exhaustion in his eyes. this guy should rest and enjoy his family, play casual if he loves gaming that much, but forget about this hobby in this obsessive way. there is nothing more to be achieved, the guy has over 100,000 trophies, over 3,000 platinums, over 2,000 URs, thousands of completed games and a percentage above 90%, just stop at that point, there are no more milestones or something grand to be achieved, because he's already beaten them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 32 minutes ago, kevao97 said: the thing about hakoom is that he was always a guy who cultivated his own image, in an idol and even commercial way. just see the comments of his videos, people refer to him as something transcendental lol. I know the guy strove to be what he is, but it's still a little bit over the top of people's positions on him. well, he sought and struggled to build an image like that, and he got it. Yeah but I mean, you were young. I was already in my mid 20s when Hakoom became well known circa 2012 - 2014. He was there at the right place at the right time. Miley Cyrus and Rihanna, as much as I hate them, were there at the right place at the right time. There's no doubt in my mind they wouldn't of gotten anywhere if they were to start today in 2021. So enaysoft is completely right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, AJ_Radio said: Yeah but I mean, you were young. I was already in my mid 20s when Hakoom became well known circa 2012 - 2014. He was there at the right place at the right time. Miley Cyrus and Rihanna, as much as I hate them, were there at the right place at the right time. There's no doubt in my mind they wouldn't of gotten anywhere if they were to start today in 2021. So enaysoft is completely right. yeah, its all about the right timing in the end of the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post You Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) It seems to be a controversial opinion these days.... However.... The moment you play a ton of shit games for trophy points, that's when you've lost, as a gamer. You've become a trophy addict instead. A few weeks ago I was playing a ton out of Tetris Effect : Connected, the free update with awesome 3 vs 1 online coop battles against bosses. It's such a great game, and the new update has no trophies whatever associated it. It's nice to forget about trophies and just have fun, you know, playing games that are fun. Cool, so you got 151 platinums in one day? Well life is precious, that's one day out of your life that you wasted, money as well as time and of course dignity. Edited September 6, 2021 by enaysoft 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 18 minutes ago, enaysoft said: It seems to be a controversial opinion these days.... However.... The moment you play a ton of shit games for trophy points, that's when you've lost, as a gamer. You've become a trophy addict instead. A few weeks ago I was playing a ton out of Tetris Effect : Connected, the free update with awesome 3 vs 1 online coop battles against bosses. It's such a great game, and the new update has no trophies whatever associated it. It's nice to forget about trophies and just have fun, you know, playing games that are fun. Cool, so you got 151 platinums in one day? Well life is precious, that's one day out of your life that you wasted, money as well as time and of course dignity. while I agree with you (in the sense of understanding where your premise comes from), I also disagree. it's not that simple to define what is or isn't to be a gamer. for you, being a gamer is playing the old-fashioned way, relaxing, enjoying. and for some gaming it is something more extreme, this kind of hobby can be seen as something like that, there is also the community of speedrunners who play hundreds or thousands of hours of the same game to beat milliseconds on their runs. I mean, maybe the ultimate goal is not always fun. I like to think that playing is supposed to be fun and relaxing, but not everyone has that thought, I know people who don't describe themselves as gamers but as trophy hunters, because the second option is out of the ordinary and doesn't care about fun. in other words, a trophy hunter would be willing to overlook their own fun if need be, and I don't know if that would be "losing as a gamer" at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post You Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) There are many reasons to play a game, whether it's for fun, relaxing, challenging or just something to do. Everyone is free to play whatever game, however they like. However anyone claiming to play shit games for fun are just deluded, because they're trophy pop addicts. Despite being trapped by the psychology push of the trophy rank system, they will justify their gaming habit however they see fit to deflect obvious criticism. Edited September 6, 2021 by enaysoft 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nitro Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, enaysoft said: There are many reasons to play a game, whether it's for fun, relaxing, challenging or just something to do. Everyone is free to play whatever game, however they like. However anyone claiming to play shit games for fun are just deluded, because they're trophy pop addicts. Despite being trapped by the psychology push of the trophy rank system, they will justify their gaming habit however they see fit to deflect obvious criticism. And you know that how? That holds the same weight as saying "You are deluded because you like that Dynasty Warriors crap." Do you see how condescending and stupid that sounds? I like quite a few of these "shit" games. Most platformers, which admittedly, I'm not great at, but I do enjoy being able to play them and still feel like I'm achieving something even though it's not my best genre. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_-_808 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, kevao97 said: definitely, but he continues to deceive himself with the speech that he "loves gaming". I think this speech is a lie, I don't think what he does is for the love of gaming, but I'm not the owner of the truth and I could be wrong. I see exhaustion in his eyes. this guy should rest and enjoy his family, play casual if he loves gaming that much, but forget about this hobby in this obsessive way. there is nothing more to be achieved, ... So, he was mentioned in a random youtube video, by somebody else, and you've made several posts downtalking him. Seems like you have an axe to grind there. Who are you to tell him to give it a rest etc? Unless I'm missing something and hakoom is posting somewhere bragging about his trophies. Edit Why dont you tag @Hakoomso he at least knows that he's a subject of your conversation and can choose to reply to your remarks or not Edited September 6, 2021 by AJ_-_808 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, AJ_-_808 said: Who are you to tell him to give it a rest etc I'm literally nobody, I'm just posting anything for any reason, I don't hate hakoom if that's the impression I gave and it's clear in my last post 3 minutes ago, AJ_-_808 said: Unless I'm missing something and hakoom is posting somewhere bragging about his trophies. in fact you are, hakoom has shown himself quite arrogant in several posts and comments, and he sees himself as someone very special and above, I've followed his trajectory a lot over the years and I say this with propriety 17 minutes ago, Nitro said: I like quite a few of these "shit" games. Most platformers, which admittedly, I'm not great at, but I do enjoy being able to play them and still feel like I'm achieving something even though it's not my best genre. the idea of someone even remotely having fun with these "shit games" is something impossible on many people's minds here. even if it's true and you genuinely enjoy it, it still wouldn't be reasonable enough to stock piles of the same games in different regions and platforms, the point is to dig into the reason for playing these games and the answer is never fun as a parameter, at least I don't think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, AJ_-_808 said: Why dont you tag @Hakoomso he at least knows that he's a subject of your conversation and can choose to reply to your remarks or not Jesus Christ, man, is this serious? hakoom is practically a celebrity, he doesn't even respond to his own video comments or posts on his forum wall, do you really think he'll bother to get involved in this conversation? you're acting like my posts are a huge offense to hakoom's honor, as there are literally hundreds of people talking about him whether it's on Youtube or your verified Instagram page, I'm nobody important to your concern, damn lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yechan Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 hours ago, enaysoft said: since you can be logged into two PS3, two Vita, two PS4 and two PS5 and have teams playing. As someone with way more PS3, Vita, and PS4 than a person reasonably should have, you can be on more than that. You can only be online on one console (PS3, Vita, PS4) at a time but you can be logged on, offline, and be playing on an unlimited number of consoles assuming you have a physical game inside each of them. Looking through photos of my past setups when I used to trophy hunt, there were 4-6 monitors setups each with each one having at least one console attached if not more and with at least one handheld on the side. I'm sure there are more people with even more extreme setups. There were moments when I had the right combination of games that made it fun but for the most part, it drains you. I would never return to those days willingly. 3 hours ago, enaysoft said: There is nothing to be proud of being a "trophy hunter" anymore. Quantitative easing has ruined the trophy economy, trophies were never worth anything, now they're at an even lower zero value. Agreed. After looking through photos of my past, I realized I don't have any photos that contains all of my console but I found this old one that has the most Vitas. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nitro Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, kevao97 said: the idea of someone even remotely having fun with these "shit games" is something impossible on many people's minds here. even if it's true and you genuinely enjoy it, it still wouldn't be reasonable enough to stock piles of the same games in different regions and platforms, the point is to dig into the reason for playing these games and the answer is never fun as a parameter, at least I don't think so It's a shame that too, cause some of them are quite good. A friend who was a big megaman fan really liked Metagal for example. Well, that's not true actually. Why would people do stacks and regions of any game? Sure, people could do it cause they want the trophies, but enjoyment as well... for example, Modern Warfare 2 is my favourite game of all time. I have done it on multiple accounts and done the PS3 & PS4 versions as well as done it on PC multiple times. I'd buy 6 stacks of MW2 and do them all if it means I got to replay it. Maybe for some games, I do it for the trophies, but some (I'd argue, more often than not) of these games I do because I really enjoy them Different strokes for different folks. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_-_808 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Ok @kevao97. Whatever you want to tell yourself to justify your hakoom boner bruh. You derailed the thread about the video and made it about hakoom. The big bad arrogant hakoom didnt do that, you did. Your disdain for him is obvious lol As for the video, it's the same as any other top 10 video. Mildly entertaining, but nothing special 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dasnake10 Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 Thought I'd drop a really cool one that not many people are aware of. Someone I follow through the Gran Turismo Speedrunning community (yeah that's an actual thing) called WestRoadZ decided about this time last year to speedrun the platinum trophy to GT Sport. Keep in mind to platinum the game means winning just under 100 online races in the games SBMM Sport mode, getting gold in all time-based challenges, and the grind to level 50. He created a new account just for this feat and completed the run from beginning to end in 229 hours 27 minutes, or 1 week 2 days. The timer was not allowed to pause, so this includes disconnects, game freezes and his sleep schedule during this time. Currently he is still the fastest achiever by over a week, probably as no one else is nuts enough to do this. The run is viewable in full through the speedrun.com link.https://psnprofiles.com/WestRoadZPlatsGThttps://www.speedrun.com/gtsport/run/zq4r8d5m 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yechan Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nitro said: It's a shame that too, cause some of them are quite good. A friend who was a big megaman fan really liked Metagal for example. Well, that's not true actually. Why would people do stacks and regions of any game? Sure, people could do it cause they want the trophies, but enjoyment as well... for example, Modern Warfare 2 is my favourite game of all time. I have done it on multiple accounts and done the PS3 & PS4 versions as well as done it on PC multiple times. I'd buy 6 stacks of MW2 and do them all if it means I got to replay it. Maybe for some games, I do it for the trophies, but some (I'd argue, more often than not) of these games I do because I really enjoy them Different strokes for different folks. As someone who loves "shit games" I loved them even before trophies and achievements were a thing. Back whenever a new movie would come out and they would release video games for them on GBA, GC, PS2, XBOX, etc, I actually enjoyed playing those games. I have fond movies of playing the Shrek 2 GBA game 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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