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

016 - O GamerScore, Wherefore Art Thou

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016 - O GamerScore, Wherefore Art Thou

What exactly is a good GamerScore? We discuss statistics, life/gaming balance, TA leaderboard movements, and much more.

Show notes are available on http://www.zedtozed.com/

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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: "Tally Screen" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force 2! developed and published by WayForward Technologies

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

Hosts:

Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

0:00:00 - Intro

  • Achievement Sponsors
    • Worst Job in the Kingdom and Fizzie says April Fools! from Sunset Overdrive
    • Crystal Pepsi on Ebay
    • Sodium Bezoate
    • Denatured alcohol
    • Zed to Zed Science Corner
    • Send Crandy a 20yo Crystal Pepsi and he will drink it!
    • Crandy's Mug
    • Crandy's tea house might be dealing drugs
    • Breaking Zed
    • Fream will be playing Dark Souls for the first time on April 23rd on Zed to Zed Twitch channel
    • Crandy might be attempting Syndicate playthrough on co-op, solo
    • GRAW (DRINK!)
    • Syndicate Club Music Final Version
    • AHP Community show finishing on episode 100, Fream will be featuring - April 17th
    • Tarragon's 300k still pending, Easy as One Two Three front runner, thanks Th34lb1n0k1d, MclovinLegend and angelsk for suggestions
    • Site Leaderboard Proposal: Weighted GS/TA
    • Giveaway: Alan Wake American Nightmare - on our Twitter soon (via Gleam)

      • 0:19:33 - Recap

      • Fream
        • Destiny
        • 0 GamerScore!
        • Tarragon
          • Monopoly Plus
          • Threes!
            • Threes! solver
            • "zzUrbanSpaceman won 3 Achievements in Threes! for 1337 points"
            • Tachyon Project
            • Crandy
              • Kane and Lynch JP
              • Perfect Dark Zero
              • GH Live
              • Killer Instinct
                • Shadow Jago is back
                • GRAW (DRINK!) - next week is a special GRAW show
                • IBM Model M keyboard
                • 2 stick joystick

                  • 0:34:08 - Listener Feedback

                  • Zed Friends
                    • smrnov, TheTvirusTyrant, HandyDarkness, Kursed Souls, Spazpol
                    • Crandy would like to get Lorne Lanning on the show (Oddworld creator)
                    • John Schuller @CallSignIceMan would like some DragonMania Legends help
                    • montana97: Top 5 reality shows?
                      • The Bachelor(ette)
                      • Double Dare
                      • Air Crash Investigation?
                      • MythBusters?
                      • Bear Grylls
                      • Naked and Afraid
                      • Survivor
                      • Big Brother
                      • The Amazing Race
                      • Celebrity Apprentice
                      • So You Think You Can Dance
                      • Biggest Loser
                      • KaibaChaos is a one man DDOS
                        • Will stacks ever be cross play? Consensus: unlikely
                        • NBA Kirkland wants a competition that doesn't require so much free time!
                          • Scavenger hunt
                          • GTASC for 1 hour a week
                          • Achievement Hounds Achievement Hunt
                          • Gamerscoragories
                          • Who has the rarest game?
                          • Achievement Relay
                          • McLovin Legend and Big Ell are both hyped for WrestleMania
                          • Madeyepadeye: What is a healthy amount of gaming?
                            • Probably a feature topic
                            • Saucy Slingo asks a question that will plague mankind for centuries
                            • The Yiddler: what's that intro music. Look up! :)
                            • Fream's Friend Feed went to that weird place on the Internet (Big Ell, Facial La Fleur, NBA Kirkland, KaibaChaos, Weasel Pizza)
                            • Sinacide III wants Xbox 360 gamer pics to be upscaled for Xbox One: vote for it on User Voice
                            • FitBit again!
                            • Tim Blair @TimTum is a God among men
                            • MuddyAmoeba suggests that the TTK DLC for Destiny might be available from disc
                            • Ereaser NL - the UHH was great to prompt games to finish off
                              • UHH hotting up
                              • McLovin Legend is giving away some PAL games, check his blog
                              • Facial La Fleur and Big Ell: 3 hosts is better than 2
                              • angelsk hates timezones
                              • Blue Thunder 7398 has a lot of GS on Windows Phone. You monster.
                              • Big Ell aka Ell Gordo still thinks we should play games "properly" ;)
                              • Fream would kindly like to finish Bioshock
                              • iTunes Reviews
                                • Thanks so much: KaibaChaos, Chiznal and Quinny19898989 - get a longer commute! ;)

                                  • 1:42:46 - Talking Zeds: What is a Good GamerScore?

                                  • TA Leaderboard Movements
                                  • GS/TA Percentiles
                                  • Zed to Zed Leaderboard Tracking?

                                    • 2:16:57 - News

                                    • Deus Ex Go, Life Is Strange Go, Just Cause Go domains registered
                                    • Major Nelson is a really nice guy
                                    • Federal Court finds Valve made misleading representations about consumer guarantees
                                    • Shadow of Mordor 2 in the works, thanks Nexus Plexus
                                    • Lego Batman ... the movie?
                                    • PSA: Play Xbox One Killer Instinct before starting Windows 10 version or lose your progress
                                    • Takeaways from the MS Build conference:
                                      • source, source, source
                                      • Hololens:
                                        • Holoportation
                                        • Halo 5 streaming into Hololens

                                          • 2:39:30 - Cemetery

                                          • Guitar Hero Live - BURIED

                                            • 2:53:56 - Knobs and Discos

                                            • Big Ell asks about developer contacts - yes, but with caveats
                                            • Project Spark:
                                              • PSA: some achievements not unlocking due to server issues, particularly Conker and Seph DLC
                                              • Developer Team Dakota appears to be treading water
                                              • Latest title update has been on hold for months
                                              • FIFA 12: EAS FC Youth Academy and EAS FC Starting 11 are available again
                                              • Guitar Hero Live Xbox 360: Bling Of The Road fixed
                                              • Pay It Forward in both versions of Darksiders 2 are broken again (thanks Weasel Pizza and KaibaChaos)
                                              • Forza 3 online achievements all discontinued without notice

                                                • 3:06:08 - Game Delays and BC

                                                • BC: Halo Wars, King Of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, SoulCalibur II HD Online, Left 4 Dead 2, Dead Space, Saints Row IV (AU version too)

                                                  • 3:09:02 - Zombie News Corner

                                                  • Rise of the Tomb Raider's Cold Darkness DLC

                                                    • 3:10:27 - Outro

                                                     

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