Just Die Already

Just Die Already

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"Pro Baller" Achievement done easy!
By Draconzis Piertii
The 'Pro Baller' achievement is unreasonable, here is how to cheese it.
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Why is it so hard?
This is easily the hardest achievement in the game to complete, even though it sounds simple to just make 10 baskets in a row. It relies on precise, consistent actions in a chaotic imprecise physics game. If you ask me, the required number of baskets should be reduced to at most 5, though even that would be pushing it in unreasonability, with 3, less than a third of what is currently required, being a much more reasonable number. THAT'S how frustrating it is to make baskets legitly. Other guides I've seen go into meticulous setups and still warns it will likely be incredibly frustrating and take multiple hours of attempts. Even though I am a completionist, I was prepared to give up on 100%ing this one. THAT is how unreasonable this achievement is to do legitly.

After a few minutes of trying, already getting frustrated. Other guides assured me there is no way to cheese it, so found myself thinking, "How does the game track the achievement in the first place?" What is considered a 'miss'? The conclusion I came to is that the game considers it a 'miss' if you pick up the ball without it having made a goal. My solution? Get that ball in the basket without picking it up again.
Initiate the Cheese
Of the two basketball areas in the game, choose the court by the tram and next to the weapons shop. The surrounding walls make this immensely easier.

Step 1: Acquire Platform
Though I think you can use something like a stack of boxes to prop yourself up on, I would highly recommend getting a forklift. It can be a bit frustrating getting the forklift up there, but it is infinitely easier than trying this achievement legitly. Remember to get a full sized forklift, I don't even think the mini one can make it up the hill. When you get it to the court, park your ride roughly about here:
The positioning of the forks are not important as you will be standing on the cabin and not the forks themselves.

Step 2: Acquire Magnet Gun
A magnet gun, if you haven't unlocked being able to vend it yet, can be easily acquired by following the sewer pipe located in the right side of the mine filled trench just beyond where you got your forklift. Clear the court of anything the magnet gun can pickup (minus the basketball of course).

Step 3: Cheese Time
With your magnet gun in one hand, pick up the ball with the other. Next, throw the ball, it doesn't matter if you make a basket or not. Then, without picking up the ball with your hand, use the magnet gun on the basketball. At this point, the game still hasn't registered that you 'missed' your shot yet, as you haven't actually picked up the ball. Now climb up on top of the forklift's cab and simply pass the ball down through the hoop (passing it up through doesn't work), then repeat nine additional times.
Careful not to pick up the ball with your hand else you will have to start over. I REPEAT: DO NOT PICK UP THE BALL WITH YOUR HANDS! Also your magnet gun may pick up the scooters that are behind the garage door nearby. Then, congratulations! As far as the game is concerned, you just made ten baskets in a single shot! A frustrating, unreasonable achievement made easy!
Seriously, why is it like this?
Unless this cheese is the secret intended way to get it, this achievement is completely and utterly unreasonable to expect people to do, not to mention unfun and frustrating. I'd encourage the developers to lower the basket requirements at LEAST to five, though three would be more reasonable in my opinion.
23 Comments
ChaMil 30 Jan @ 8:24am 
It may keep the Steam achievement from unlocking if you are wearing any kind of cosmetics like hover or bouncing boots or others like glasses.
You also have to throw the ball at the hoop once for it to register (doesn't have to score) and it may not allow the ball to go sideways of the hoop, so just stand on the forklift put the ball in the middle and jump up and down on the same spot with your guy to get in in the middle every time, that way the steam achievement finally unlocked as well for me, however because it was bugged before I then didn't get the two other Steam achievements, complete all challenge related bucket list quest and complete the entire bucket list -.-
ChaMil 28 Jan @ 2:56pm 
Thanks, got it done ingame, however the Steam Achievement did NOT pop with it -.-
Frogster 12 Nov, 2024 @ 1:39pm 
Does work but takes some patience
secret Joe 28 Sep, 2024 @ 5:46pm 
пизда деду
Pacote 7 Jul, 2024 @ 5:58pm 
thank you, i got it with 30-40 tries
DARTHEVIL669 14 May, 2024 @ 10:21pm 
works for me, just keep trying
ばか 9 Mar, 2024 @ 1:59am 
thx. but steam achiev dont get. only in game.
stunlord 21 Jan, 2024 @ 12:58am 
does not work :( worked for in game challenge but not achievement
Chara 26 May, 2023 @ 4:01pm 
Ich bin ein poggers :steamthumbsup::steamthumbsup:
canoline29 26 May, 2023 @ 11:03am 
Viele,viele Gedanken ,der Tip ist ho t!! Thanls für deine Mühe!