The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies

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015 - smrnov, Korea, and Fitbit

Tarragon sits down for a chat with Gamerscore giant smrnov, Korea games get some attention, and apparently a lot of people have Fitbits.

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Opening/closing music: "Jive Bot" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force! developed and published by WayForward Technologies

Gamerscore Boot Camp music: "Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force! developed and published by WayForward Technologies

All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen.

Show notes by Tarragon Allen.

Hosts:

Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

0:00:00 - Intro

  • Achievement sponsor: Easter Egg from Aliens: Colonial Marines
  • Fream didn't win Wrestlemania but did lose 25 pounds, 5% body fat, 7 inches off belly and 4 pants sizes
  • Everybody has Fitbit?
    • The Zed to Zed UnFit Group
    • Tarragon is almost at 300k, needs suggestions for an achievement to hit the milestone with
      • 100k and 200k were unlocked with Six Digits?!? and Six Digits?!? from Dead Rising 2: Off The Record
      • Threes! solvers - Rian Hunter's, and another faster one
      • How to build a master grid in Hexic HD
      • Beat Da Beat code winners, congratulations!
        • Dave Soto Jr - doughboyee
        • Johnny Zarpentine - @jzarp43
        • Fantastic! DRINK
        • UHH:
          • All the Zed to Zed Hosts were knocked out in week 1
          • Site wishlist posts for similar contests based on UHH:
            • Ongoing UHH-style competition
            • The Ultimate Survival Challenge
            • Competition will likely repeat after the 2016 Bean Dive
            • Random To Do List
              • Facial La Fleur announced he will not be running it again this year
              • Tarragon and Brandon plan to pick it up in some form, plans still to be finalised
              • Gamer by Max Possible Completion Percentage TrueAchievements site leaderboard

                • 0:19:30 - Recap

                • Tarragon
                  • UHH: Forza Motorsport 5, South Park: Stick of Truth, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Gears of War
                  • Rare games week: Memories Off: Yubikiri no Kioku (HW/TW), Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (KR), Dead Rising 2: Case West (KR), Wall•E (KR)
                  • Tachyon Project, Minecraft: Xbox One Edition
                  • Brandon:
                    • Monthly Birthday Gamertag Challenge on the Achievement Hounds forums
                      • Nicktoons MLB, Injustice: Gods Among Us, The Escapists, YAIBA: Ninja Gaiden Z, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
                      • Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Destiny

                        • 0:29:31 - Feedback

                        • iTunes reviews! Thanks Black Buff, Avenged Against, MitRialB
                        • Email! Thanks Tim Blair GT: MitRialb
                        • Twitter: @KaibaChaos - future guests we'd like?
                            • The Dauntless
                            • Microsoft Achievement people
                            • Rand Al Thor 19
                            • Christian Allen
                            • Phil Spencer
                            • Major Nelson
                            • Creators of first achievements
                            • Vince Curley
                            • IGN Unfiltered
                            • Twitter: MclovinLegend - GRAW and nyancat
                            • Twitter: NBA Kirkland - twitch for Dark Souls
                              • Fream will stream Dark Souls soon
                              • Blog: Facial La Fleur - don't bother with Windows Phone
                              • Feed: Facial La Fleur - need more lead time to give feedback!
                              • Feed: Xtowers - ever bought DLC without achievements?
                                • Tarragon: yep: Batman and Minecraft
                                • Brandon: nope, unless it's in a season pass
                                • Feed: Handydarkness - wife in hospital? Lack of movie tie-in games?
                                  • THQ?
                                  • LEGO games
                                  • Feed: Big Ell (THAT guy)
                                    • don't do more than two contests a year
                                    • play our games properly the rest of the year
                                      • There's no proper way to play games :P
                                      • Goal-driven achievementing
                                      • BeanPotter's Bean Dive responding to the same "problem" as the UHH: ridiculous backlogs
                                      • DLC co-op for N+
                                      • Kursed Souls didn't repeat a Fream

                                        • 0:57:44 - Interview: smrnov

                                        • Interview from January
                                        • smrnov's statistics from TrueAchievements
                                          • 50k+ achievements
                                          • 1.25+ million gamerscore
                                          • 2.3+ million TA score
                                          • 74% completion
                                          • Second in the world to hit 1 million GS
                                          • Most completions in the world (1400+)
                                          • 48% of all possible achievements unlocked
                                          • smrnov overtook Stallion83 recently on TA score
                                          • Stallion83's death in the family - :( our condolences Ray, all the best
                                          • What over 2 million GS looks like

                                            • 1:23:48 - News

                                            • Killer Instinct reset on April 1st
                                              • killerinstinct twitch feed refers to it at about 1:23:00 mark
                                              • Killer Instinct Season 3 To Reset All Ranks To Qualifier
                                              • TellTale's Minecraft: Story Mode - episodes 5-8 later this year
                                              • Xbox: trade-in digital titles for 10%?
                                              • Psyonix (Rocket League) has "figured out" cross-platform play
                                              • Christian Allen creates Hotel Blind
                                              • The Unfinished Swan
                                              • Limbo Secret Level

                                                • 1:45:48 - Gamerscore Bootcamp

                                                • Hell Yeah! Wrath Of The Dead Rabbit

                                                  • 1:49:41 - Knobs and Discos

                                                  • GFWL marketplace is working again
                                                  • Three Fourths Home dev releasing with updated Unity Engine, will hopefully fix achievement issues

                                                    • 1:51:53 - Backwards Compatible and Game Delays

                                                    • BC: Assassin's Creed, Grid 2, Dark Void, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Dark Souls
                                                    • Delayed: Dangerous Golf, Adr1ft

                                                      • 1:53:19 - Zombie News

                                                      • Deadlight: Director's Cut
                                                      • TellTale's The Walking Dead Season 3 to start later this year
                                                      • The Escapists: The Walking Dead to get a free Survival Mode
                                                      • Dead Rising: Watchtower

                                                        • 1:57:10 - Outro

                                                         

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