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Submitted by: thecougar
Created: Mar 13, 2007, 11:37 pm

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One reason the XBox platform is so popular is because of an incentive program called "Achievements". Each game has 20-30 different challenges of varying difficulty - once you complete the challenge you unlock an achievement and earn some points. The achievements become a permanent part of your profile and the points you earn across games get added up into a single score that represents how good of a gamer you are.

My idea is a real-life version of achievements. There would be a set of several hundred achievements to unlock. Users would log into the site, choose the achievements they have already completed, and get a list of new achievements to work towards. Widgets could be added to user's Facebook (or MySpace) pages displaying their lastest achievements and total score.

Examples:
Attended the Super Bowl (or Stanley Cup finals) - 20 points
Went on separate dates with two guys/girls on the same night - 10 points
Won three consecutive games of beer pong - 15 points

I thought of this idea when I was...

playing Xbox while my fiance was reading the book "1000 things you must do before you die".

Also, thinking back to when I was in college in the dorm and we'd be sitting around with nothing to do. This would be a great way to inspire people to do new and interesting things.

Comments Posted

VassilisB Posted: March 14, 2007, 10:01 am

its been done, (check http://www.43things.com/ ) but still potential if combined with visionary idea posted by:

migueljds
Mar 14, 2007, 3:47 am

techguy Posted: April 12, 2007, 12:06 am

I wonder if you couldn't create a nice little tool to scrape your 43 things profile and then it has a nice ranking algorithm. Then, once it's popular you sell it off to 43 Things. Simple enough to create and a nice exit strategy. As long as 43 things doesn't do it also.

fossiloflife Posted: June 18, 2007, 2:03 am

hmmm

Christine Posted: June 20, 2007, 11:18 am

ya sure 43things, but an xbox version, think of the distribution network they already have.

Moogy Posted: June 20, 2007, 12:44 pm

Not bad... but the logistics to prove that you actually did it in real world. Would make it an abused system.

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Brenden Posted: June 20, 2007, 2:27 pm

would you take photos and post them of u doing or going to these things?

jill Posted: June 20, 2007, 4:31 pm

Cougar, were you playing X-Box while your fiance read "1000 things you must do before you die", or was she reading "1000 things you must stop doing before I kill you"?

But I will take a closer look at your idea - it actually looks like it is not about xbox and so it might be better than it looks from the title.

vanhees Posted: June 21, 2007, 12:40 am

Who is the best gamer in the world.
alea iacta est
Tommy

saigon Posted: June 21, 2007, 3:46 am

Why not just..just give yourself a challenge journal...to post your goal and post the result every now and then? Sounds like an online organizer to me.

jill Posted: June 21, 2007, 9:29 pm

Cougar, I read it more carefully.

Sounds simple and if you can package it cleverly, it would be a nice little hit for you. If you want to make it specific to one community, e.g. skateboarding, then get a celeb like Tony Hawk or that guy that just got married to do the occasional blog.

If you want to go for a really broad audience then it does become more like 43 things but so what - there are many ways to skin that cat.

Stuff like this is going to replace magazines.

The profit will be proportional to the pizazz. (Not the pizzas).

Saiko Posted: March 14, 2008, 8:26 am

Your not the only one. i've already start a list, hoping to write a book, of just achievments to get in real life, love your idea of putting all on a website, like 43 things. som,e examples of ones i've come up with...

Polly wanna cracker? �" 25GP
Eat Six Saltines in Less than a Minute

Mr. Fantastic �" 75GP
Lick Your Elbow

Too Much Free Time �" 100GP
Do something awesome and shout out “ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!”

Hello!

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