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Gamer builds 'auto-play machine'

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  • 27-02-2007 10:40am
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    Rabies
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    news.bbc.co.uk
    When US gamer David Harr got frustrated being 60 points short of completing a title he decided to take radical action - he built a machine to do it for him.

    Car mechanic David Harr, from Seattle, realised he needed to devote 40 hours of playing just to earn the final reward points for Perfect Dark Zero.

    Taking things a little too far to get the last points :confused:


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Why does anyone care about xbox gamerpoints?


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    Nietzschean
    Registered Users Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭Nietzschean


    does illustrate the ammount of stupid annoying bits that tend to be at the end of some games....


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    Creamy Goodness
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    Stephen wrote:
    Why does anyone care about xbox gamerpoints?
    he obviously wanted to say that he is better than the 12 year old whiney american kids who play xbox


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    Balfa
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    Stephen wrote:
    Why does anyone care about xbox gamerpoints?
    Sense of accomplishment? The same reason people care about completing a game in the first place.

    He also seems to have a flair for electronics, and I'm sure there's quite a sense of achievement purely in building the machine itself.


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    BrokenArrows
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    so let me get this straight. He didnt want to spend 40 hours playing the rest of the game so he decides to build a machine to play the 40 hours for him.

    Im sure it took him alot longer than 40 hours to build the machine.


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    Smellyirishman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭Smellyirishman


    BrokenArrows wrote:
    Im sure it took him alot longer than 40 hours to build the machine.

    It helps to read. :p
    Linked article wrote:
    "I calculated that it would take about 40 hours of gameplay just pushing two buttons to start and re-start a game," he said.

    "Mr Harr built his xBot machine in about 10 hours."

    30 hour saving.


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