Does Easy / Quick Platinums ruin a gamers reputation as a trophy hunter?

[AJ_Radio]

The problem is people over indulge in this crap. Roughly 90 - 95 percent of the trophy profiles in the top 100 leaderboards is junk. Even with that in mind, I sort of envy them for managing to stick around for that long playing crap they would otherwise never touch at all if there were no trophies.

 

Do I sound like an asshole? Do I sound butthurt over something that I have no control over? I'll let you guys decide, but if people can bitch about politics and issues that are out of their control, I can certainly bitch about EZ platinums, because they have really gotten out of hand.

 

I posted on a thread @Unknown_v2_0 made a month ago regarding the trend of EZ platinums. If you guys are interested I suggest you watch some of the videos he has made on YouTube.

 

For as much as you guys like to state you have your own drama and you don't wish to let others judge someone else because that's not their business, a number of you contradict yourselves. You made the decision to post your trophy profile in your own signatures and you volunteered to actively post on these forums, two things that most trophy hunters don't ever bother doing.

 

I believe in a good balance. An equal amount of easy, medium and hard difficulty rated games that you enjoyed playing are great on anybodies profile. Indulging in nothing but EZ platinums to chase a meaningless number is trophy addiction. Some people don't like that term, but I largely feel that is true. I also feel chasing ultra rares for no other reason than to reach a certain number has its own share of problems. I could get 500, 1000 ultra rares, but I probably won't, because I prefer to play games I actually want to play and think they will be fun over chasing a statistic.

 

Nobody in the leaderboards ever wins. Trophy addicts mostly play games ONLY for trophies, and this addiction just like any other addiction is not good for their health. While it is completely in their right to play what they want at any time, whenever we try to help or offer advice for others to ease up on their addiction, we get blasted and are labeled 'arrogant elitists'.

 

Defending something like ZJ the Ball is where I cross the line. Nobody would think of playing that game if it had hard trophies or if it was time consuming. It gets to the point where the trophies are more important than the actual games they're playing, which I feel is wrong on many levels.

[Unknown_v2_0]

Yeah just play for yourself. Don't earn trophies to try to impress others and don't compare your profile to others is my advice. Some, especially for leaderboard stuff and even things like rare trophies, have stuff behind the scenes you don't know about. You don't know if they even earned them themselves, bought the trophies, cheesed through their games somehow etc.. Or what their circumstances are. Some profiles can be thought of as akin to photo shopped Instagram posts. 

[nestamar5]

Gamers have reputation?

[James_Tonto]

I respect someone who can play and enjoy easy games, so long as they aren't intentionally playing trash games to boost their platinum trophy count. You know the titles I'm talking about, the Hannah Montana's, the 'I am Mayo's', Damnation etc. How can I respect someone who doesn't have respect for themselves? ? Again that's just me personally, play what you enjoy. Don't play bad games to boost your level and platinum count. I mean maybe play bad games if you do it for like an online review series I guess? ^^:

[Astray404]

c'mon Mayo is a good game

[amurnin100]

1 hour ago, Astray404 said:

c'mon Mayo is a good game

Prefer Mayo 2 ?

[Lava_Yuki]

I don't look at other peoples trophies, just my own. But I do admire gamers with difficult trophies rather than a bunch of easy ones. I certainly think it's amazing when i see gamers with all the Kingdom Hearts platinums, or tough plats like FFX and Disgaea games, regardless of number. So it's quality for me. The person with a 100 plats from games like Telltale is obviously not as good imo.   

[Shikotei-kun]

Quick and easy platinums are the bread and butter of trophy hunters. Those who are in the business of getting high up in the ranks.

 

The not-so-quick-and-easy platinums are what I think is more worthy of respect as a gamer. Those who are in the business of enjoying what they play, or at least play more challenging games.

 

They're two different folks.

[Gnorizon]

I don't usually respond to the common "Respect/Trophies/Easy Platinums" Conversation, but I did want to share a personal thought. For me, I play what I like. I haven't had anyone give me grief about the fact that I've completed 100% of my trophies (aside from when I'm actively playing a new game). I have some easy-ish ones, and some hard ones, though, none of the 10-minute-platinum types. If that's what someone enjoys though - who am I to judge? I also know eventually I'll play a game and be unable to complete 100% of the trophies - and I'm really not that terribly concerned about it. 

 

^That is just to give a glimpse into my personal play preference. But as for the thread topic at hand, I will say that I do look at other people's profiles when they message me, party-up with me, or become friends of mine. And yes - I do compare the trophies oftentimes - but never to judge someone. There are a few reasons I do it, and all are positive in my opinion.

1. Maybe they have a trophy I don't in a game, and they can provide advice? Or visa versa?
2. If we're playing together or friends, it means maybe they have played some games I haven't, and would enjoy, and get a good referral or personal review from.
3. Conversation topics! It's always nice to see a big fan of a game, and to be able to discuss other games we have in common - not just the one we're playing.

 

At the end of the day, I think it's important to allow others to have their preferences, but never to judge, and if people enjoy what they are doing - it doesn't mean they are addicted, or not worthy of respect, or whatever, it just means they are doing what they like. You can do what you like. So there...I said my piece, haha.

Edited October 25, 2021 by Gnorizon

[AJ_Radio]

15 hours ago, Shikotei-kun said:

Quick and easy platinums are the bread and butter of trophy hunters. Those who are in the business of getting high up in the ranks.

 

The not-so-quick-and-easy platinums are what I think is more worthy of respect as a gamer. Those who are in the business of enjoying what they play, or at least play more challenging games.

 

They're two different folks.

 

Very well said. Couldn’t of said this better myself.

[ladynadiad]

15 hours ago, Gnorizon said:

none of the 10-minute-platinum types. If that's what someone enjoys though - who am I to judge?

 

Honestly from my experience a lot of those "10 minute platinum types" are only that short of platinums if the player cares only about the plat and not the game itself.  For example take a game like Legends of Talia: Arcadia or A Winter's Daydream.  Both can be platted in a few minutes, but to do so you have to skip all of the text in the game.  Both are kinetic novels, so they are stories that don't have choices to them, you just read and enjoy the story, art and music.  Doing that in a few minutes is the equivalent of picking up a book and just flipping through all the pages real fast and saying you read it.

 

I think in cases like that it's not the existence of the game on someone's profile that is a problem.  Both were good reads and fans of visual novels are likely to enjoy them.  The plat time will tell you what sort of player the person is.  Someone who bought those games because they thought they'd enjoy the stories is more likely to have a plat time of a few hours.  Someone who bought them solely for an easy plat will have a plat time of a few minutes. In fact one can say there is some value to such games because they so clearly identify which players are playing games they enjoy and which are playing solely for trophies.

[coldish-pride5]

Trophy’s are reminders of achievements. 

[BrettyBoy]

I have a lot of easy reputated platinums but also a few hard ones. 

Edited November 8, 2021 by BrettyBoy

[BrettyBoy]

On 17/10/2021 at 2:32 PM, DrBloodmoney said:

I’m not sure there is such a thing as a ‘reputation as a trophy hunter’, since ’Trophy Hunter’ is a self-applied title.

 

You can no more ‘ruin your reputation as a trophy hunter’ by playing certain games, than you can ‘ruin your reputation as a film fan’ by watching too many Marvel or Star Wars or Fast and Furious movies.

 

 

 

Ha! Ha! I found that comparison comical for some reason. 

[Nelson_]

It's not about being easy but the content/context in it that you are also supporting.

Sony being Woke Cali honestly not helping and only getting worse.

Edited November 9, 2021 by Nelson_

[DaveMcDamage]

Who gives a fuck. Do your own thing and stop whining like an old bastard nosey neighbour. 

[rebelkiller93]

I trophy hunt as a way to get the most out of the games I want to play. I've never bought a game just for trophies.

 

Some people play a load of junk games so they can increase their numbers and that's their thing. Maybe their motivation is to get as high in the leaderboards as possible. It's just another way of gaming and there's nothing wrong with it. We all do things our own way.

[AJ_Radio]

8 hours ago, DaveMcDamage said:

Who gives a fuck. Do your own thing and stop whining like an old bastard nosey neighbour. 

 

Or just fucking ignore it, like most people do.

[CelestialRequiem]

I would just say you're actively choosing to not play what you like. Because it gets harder by the day to conceptualize that people actually like those games. 

[mizzcreed]

I don't think it matters as long as your happy with your own list who cares  

[amurnin100]

On 18/10/2021 at 7:44 AM, amurnin100 said:

Prefer Mayo 2

Now prefer Mayo 3

[PostalDudeRus]

Imagine thinking unlockable icons on gaming network making you unique somehow. I always thought people hunting trophies because they like unlocking things, not for showing off and caring about other people's opinion.