Noobish Question of the year

Hello Xbox lads! I bought an Xbox360 February 5 months ago and are extremely happy with it. I only got Gears of War atm and already borrowing 2 games from a rl friend (Rainbow Six Vegas & PDZ ). I have never been interested in playing online since i refuse to pay monthly fee (And i know it is worth it). Anyway like i said i have never paid any attention to the Xbox live community. My friend don't know what it really is aswell since he don't really pay attention to the Xbox Live Community aswell just like me.

So here is my question:

From what i have understand, ''Archievement'' is something you unlock by playing certain games. Finding secret, kill boss 3x times and do other ''wacky'' stuff. So, i have heard there are gamer points and Microsoft points. Forget Microsoft Points i already know what that is for, but what can i really use this ''Gamer Point'' for, which i gain from Archievements ? And how do i use it?

Anyway i appreciate for any positive responds and i apologize for my bad english since english is my second language, norway is first :)

*Gets ready to be flamed*

Best Regards Welis

Nothing. Gamerpoints are for showing off, thats it.DZBricktop

Thank you DZBrickTop, that is the answer i was looking for :)

(uhhm that's my sig) :)

Take a look at Big Rigs, check the forum and you'll understand:)

Anyway you win a cookie if i shouldn't be so bold ^^

Nothing. Gamerpoints are for showing off, thats it.DZBricktop

I won 200 gamerpoints and a free copy of contra for my gamerscore when they had that contest thing. Other than that the points aren't really used for anything, but it's still nice for friends and other people you see online to be able to look at yoru list of achievements and see what you've done in various games.

but in this day and age you HAVE to game online. Half the fun of a lot of games is the online portion of it. $50 doesen't even buy one game anymore so i don't think it's too much to pay for a YEAR of online play. WOW charges $15 a month. They also have one and three month trial subscriotions for $7 and $20 if you just want to try it out.

[QUOTE="DZBricktop"]Nothing. Gamerpoints are for showing off, thats it.Sam_Lowery

I won 200 gamerpoints and a free copy of contra for my gamerscore when they had that contest thing. Other than that the points aren't really used for anything, but it's still nice for friends and other people you see online to be able to look at yoru list of achievements and see what you've done in various games.

but in this day and age you HAVE to game online. Half the fun of a lot of games is the online portion of it. $50 doesen't even buy one game anymore so i don't think it's too much to pay for a YEAR of online play. WOW charges $15 a month. They also have one and three month trial subscriotions for $7 and $20 if you just want to try it out.

You still didnt "USE" your gamerscore for anything. You just got more to win a prize. The points themselves arent used for anything.

1) Achievement points = bragging rights, that's all.

2) You did fine but no need to be so formal.

they are for bragging

nothing more

nothing less

[QUOTE="Sam_Lowery"]

[QUOTE="DZBricktop"]Nothing. Gamerpoints are for showing off, thats it.DZBricktop

I won 200 gamerpoints and a free copy of contra for my gamerscore when they had that contest thing. Other than that the points aren't really used for anything, but it's still nice for friends and other people you see online to be able to look at yoru list of achievements and see what you've done in various games.

but in this day and age you HAVE to game online. Half the fun of a lot of games is the online portion of it. $50 doesen't even buy one game anymore so i don't think it's too much to pay for a YEAR of online play. WOW charges $15 a month. They also have one and three month trial subscriotions for $7 and $20 if you just want to try it out.

You still didnt "USE" your gamerscore for anything. You just got more to win a prize. The points themselves arent used for anything.

Well I didn't USE them up the same way I would spend money, but I got something for free BECAUSE of my score. But I think looking at somewone's achievement list is a better way to tell what kind of gamer a person is. Since you can get thousands of points from easy kids games, a real hardcore person might have less of a score than some kid who's parents rent him a game every week.