We already have a points system. It's called "years of service".

I just added up my achievement points manually (one point per achievement) and discovered some games I have long forgotten.
Anyway, my score is 576 out of 3318 or (0.173598553 as calculated by the spreadsheet prog I use)
Just wondering how I compare although I admit my gaming hours are atypical.
It would be nice if such points would be calculated and put next to the steam score but I don't need it.

If doing something isn't satisfying enough without getting a score for it, then how is it you find getting a score satisfying? Wouldn't you need to be being scored on your score with a score for the score?

In short: yo dawg, your value system is screwed.

that utterly confused me man. lol. i'd at least like the number of achievements to show up somewhere. right now, unless im doing something wrong, you have to click on games, select which game, then see your achievements. im still new to pc gaming..

NO THANK YOU, Steam is unique, and does not need a point system like XBox..

Use http://astats.astats.nl/astats/index.php
it does exactly this:

Originally posted by Broyabuddy:

i think it would be cool if once an achievement is earned in game, that it actually translated into a point system for your profile, that way all can see how many points you have

Originally posted by dirrtygsharp:

We already have a points system. It's called "years of service".

Agreed, 9 years here!

Originally posted by d00g1n69:

Originally posted by dirrtygsharp:

We already have a points system. It's called "years of service".

Agreed, 9 years here!

so what im learning is steam isn't basically to see who's the better gamer, but to give you a sense of self fulfillment, and play with friends? (new to this.)

Originally posted by Broyabuddy:

Originally posted by d00g1n69:

Agreed, 9 years here!

so what im learning is steam isn't basically to see who's the better gamer, but to give you a sense of self fulfillment, and play with friends? (new to this.)

Because points totally make you a better gamer.

Originally posted by Sir Theta:

Originally posted by Broyabuddy:

so what im learning is steam isn't basically to see who's the better gamer, but to give you a sense of self fulfillment, and play with friends? (new to this.)

Because points totally make you a better gamer.

no. they don't i was referring to the comparing aspect. but steam isn't about that. its about self fulfillment.

Too many kids these days need to spend days indoors playing games to get top spot on some leaderboard... Way it was back when us "9 years of service" guys were playing games it was about sitting around a N64 battling it out on Goldeneye while we hungout, and sometimes you won other times you didn't but that's ok because you had fun with your close friends. This new "online community" idea these days is too disconnected from reality in my opinion. I think that the years of service comparison against achievement points discussion is really about this.

Originally posted by d00g1n69:

Too many kids these days need to spend days indoors playing games to get top spot on some leaderboard... Way it was back when us "9 years of service" guys were playing games it was about sitting around a N64 battling it out on Goldeneye while we hungout, and sometimes you won other times you didn't but that's ok because you had fun with your close friends. This new "online community" idea these days is too disconnected from reality in my opinion. I think that the years of service comparison against achievement points discussion is really about this.

i agree with you on that one. i definitely see where you're coming from. what is this "years of service"?

Originally posted by d00g1n69:

Too many kids these days need to spend days indoors playing games to get top spot on some leaderboard... Way it was back when us "9 years of service" guys were playing games it was about sitting around a N64 battling it out on Goldeneye while we hungout, and sometimes you won other times you didn't but that's ok because you had fun with your close friends. This new "online community" idea these days is too disconnected from reality in my opinion. I think that the years of service comparison against achievement points discussion is really about this.

nevermind. i saw it on your profile. that is quite the achievement i must say. congrats.

Originally posted by Thordred:

Use http://astats.astats.nl/astats/index.php
it does exactly this:

Originally posted by Broyabuddy:

i think it would be cool if once an achievement is earned in game, that it actually translated into a point system for your profile, that way all can see how many points you have

I use this site too! But unfortunately some games are broken and it doesn't update in realtime :(.

Originally posted by Canti:

Originally posted by Thordred:

Use http://astats.astats.nl/astats/index.php
it does exactly this:

I use this site too! But unfortunately some games are broken and it doesn't update in realtime :(.

im having some difficulty using that site. nottt really sure how to get signed up. lmao.