Maximum PSN Trophy level obtained and Caught on video [Hakoom.com]

Video footage of the current PSN trophy level cap being obtained by the #1 trophy hunter in the world. Hakoom started trophy hunting in 2008 and it took him 3 years of trophy hunting to obtain the maximum level. Compare your trophy level with Hakoom to see how you rank against the best legitimate trophy hunter in the world. Enjoy the video.

[PantherDST]

Level 50 huh.... Something smells fishy. I play a lot of games. I avg 20-30 hrs per week since the PS3 first came out, and I'm nowhere level 50, but around lvl 13. If I had to guess about Hakoom reaching level 50 I think he did it using other peoples save games, and loading the game under his profile. I could be all wrong and he did honestly. We'll just never know.

[DarkTower805]

Multiple people playing on one account is more logical.

[iamnsuperman]

That's true. To me cheat isn't the first thing that comes to mind. The first thing is how is he affording this.

[ABizzel1]

Like you to said, it's more logical that more than one person is playing on that PS3.

@PantherDST

I've had my PS3 since launch and I play maybe 5 - 10 hours per week, and I'm at level 18. It's all a matter of how many different games you play. I've played probably 100 games and just beating them nets you nearly 50% of the trophies in each game. If you play only a few games over and over again then your trophy score won't go up as fast as someone like myself who plays about 20 games per year.

Also PSN titles generally have trophies as well, and some games make trophy hunting easy (sports), while others take for (RPG's). It all just depends.

One things for sure they have no life outside of video games to make it to level 50.

[aGameDeveloper]

He could be independently wealthy and play 10 hours or more a day. I was happy to see I had him beat at Pixeljunk Shooter, at least!

[DaTruth]

I didn't sync my trophies before my 60gig died! When I reloaded my save for FF13, I lost a few trophies and had to replay the whole game to get them again, as there was no way to redo those specific actions and I was only able to salvage my most recent save!

Maybe that works for some trophies, but not for all!

Edit: I'm not really into trophies, but on some RPG's it feels like another quest and is really enjoyable.(the only part of FF13 that feels like an RPG is the trophy hunt) Also, Uncharted had a bunch of unlockables that made me want to 100% it, and though I did this before trophies, it just seemed stupid to have all the requirements for the trophies, but not have the trophies; so I redid it!

[I_find_it_funny]

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[Boody-Bandit]

Now that is a LOT of gaming!

I am not even sure what level I am at. I don't play a wide variety of games and I tend to spend hundreds or hours on certain types of games so I don't have a lot of trophies or achievements. I think I am like a level 13 or 14 on PSN and have 47k on XBL but I'm guessing.

If this is what this gamer is into than all the kudos in the world to him. That is quite an accomplishment for a trophy hunter.

Does the PS3 top off at level 50?
If so that would suck for a guy like this.
It's like hitting the highest level prestige in COD, not that I ever would or did. But where do you go from here for guys like this?

[guitarded77]

To the conspiracy theorists Hakoom has been doing this for a while. Here's a link to his website so you can stop with your "what I think comments".

http://hakoom.com/

[NukaCola]

Until Hakoom was truly revealed, I honestly thought it was the official PS Blog account that everyone uses. This is some serious dedication. I don't know how anyone is that good to beat all this so fast. I mean there are multiple plats for games that take 100s of hours to complete. I can't even speculate on how this is theorectically or scientifically possible.

Hakoom's Bronze Trophies are OVER 9000!!!!!!!!

Considered the mind this:

[Kleptic]

What does this 'max level 50' thing mean though? (the page isn't loading for me, so not sure if its in there)...

Does it mean as of right now you can't get above a level 50?...I'm asking because just based on screens i've seen of this guy the last few weeks; he hasn't platinum'd every game he played...so there are additional trophies available to him...and I wonder what the total number of available trophies is right now..meaning there has to be a fixed number, but it increases with every new release each week...

[pixelsword]

I can almost hear the guy from Crysis' voice saying

"Maximum Trophies"

And then the PS3 transforms into a monster and kills you.

[bman33]

Yeah, all the top trophy hunters just have multiple users playing on the account and Hakoom is no different. Now that he has 250 platinums it will be hard to see it, but if you searched thoroughly through his trophies, you would find that there are multiple games that he earned trophies for at the same time and date.

[guitarded77]

@Kleptic
The max trophy level is currently 50. I assume the algorithm written for trophy score caps at that point because they didn't expect people to achieve to that level this gen. It should be a very easy fix if Sony decides to raise the cap.

[theEx1Le]

I know people who play less and have way more trophies than you. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean someone who has, cheated to do so. Thats an unfair assumption.

[mafiahajeri]

I agree. First off your trophy level increases ALOT when you plat a game and I read the article and he has 285 platinums I mean if thats not going to get you to level 50 I dont know what is.

Also about hacking and savefiles it would show if he was hacking with the trophy unlock times and it doesnt.

[SuperStrokey1123]

I was going to say the same thing, amount of time playing does not equate to amount of trophies either. IF you play games just to play them instead of whoring through trophies your time could be really high and your trophies low.

[moho-foe]

Go check youtube if you think he cheats, he got Ninja Sigma 2 plat on film (hardest plats ever) for his 200. This guy does nothing but get trophies. Just because someone has a lot of trophies does not mean he cheated.

Oh FYI hes not from Kuwait he's from Bahrain.

Congrats Hakoom!

[Gazondaily]

Where are you from moho-foe out of interest? I'm thinking of moving to KSA.

OT- that is an impressive feat. I'm not even going to post my level on here lol.

[duck36o]

Hackkoom cheatting

[kza]

boostings is cheating you are suppose to earn trophies. Of course this guy cheats and hacks but he wont admitt it so dont give him fake credit this guys a joke.

[andibandit]

Yeah congrats Hakoom,

That is one lifetime achievement that i wouldn't want

[FACTUAL evidence]

Actually duck360 has the most psn trophies......and the most platinums. This is fail.

[moho-foe]

Duck is the cheater he has claimed at least 5 people play on his account. google it

[FriedGoat]

Hakoom is also a cheater, I watched a video and he had 2 trophies for collecting 50 and collecting 100 at the same time and date. cant remember what game but this is not news.

[JoGam]

@ HAKOOM...Dude seriously, you got all those damn platinums but you're only 31% in inFAMOUS 2? Really? What wrong with that picture?

[red2tango]

Maybe he just started...?

[gedapeleda]

I'm happy that i beat him in bad company 1,This is the only one than shows how bad ass trophy hunter you are

[kza]

Because the games not online apart from the make ur own missions but u cant cant boost(cheat) ur way through to get the Plat like he does with EVERY online trophie. this guy is a HACKER!!!

[pixelsword]

He just started in Infamous 2 because when he first brought up his profile, they were filled with Infamous2 trophies.

[LOOK_AT_THIS_I]

lol..the socom confrontation trophy count....This guy hits several horrible games to get the trophies just to get trophies. Seriously like 4 different disney sing it games??? im sure the Hannah Montana trophy is there as well.

L.A.M.E

[Trophywhore]

I will beat it.

[arjman]

How do you kill that which has no life?

[DaTruth]

ROFL!!! bubbles!!!

[Miiikeyyy]

Hakoom hacked some of his trophies. Duck360 (He hacks his trophies, so He obviously can tell if Hakoom has done the same) has proved he has, look at the stuff posted in the links:
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn....
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn....
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn....
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn....

Don't dissagree, It shows he's hacked.
How could he have collected 25 then 50 cop badges at the same time in dead to rights.

[waltyftm]

What a dirty rotten cheat.

[Sandmano]

he explained it here he doesnt cheat
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Sandmano]

LOL you make me laugh! Havent you heard of glitches? Oh sorry I forgot trophies are perfect and can never ever glitch on you! /sarcasm

Dude Ive seen you on all Hakooms articles trolling.

Also stop talking in 3rd person duck! or ducks! LOL! How many are you guys 5? I spotted kza and zerochaos who is probably zero_q8 YES the guy that helps duck360 get trophies. LOL!

[SonyStyled]

appearently youve missed some articles of him explaining why that is. the trophys are glitched. people accuse him of hacking all the time, really the trophies are just glitched. the glitch is that if you join in an online match with someone whos ranked 50, the 25 and 50 trophies unlock for you. he even said he wasnt aware of the glitch untill it was too late. the article of him explaining everything was posted a few days ago on this site. you must have missed it?

[kza]

yep Ducks better because he admits he hacks but Hakoom wont admit it, he think wer all fools lol he cant fool me CHEATER Hakoom.

[BakedGoods]

There's no way you can game that much and only be 13. I know guys who started playing PS3 only recently and are level 14+.

[JaredH]

I agree that it seems odd but a guy has like 25,000 achievements on xbox without cheating so it is plausible. I would never play games like Ben 10 just for trophies though and how the hell does he get all the trophies for games like guitar hero with expert on every instrument. Trophies to me just add challenges that I can try to do after I've beaten a game already but I guess for some it makes them play garbage games just to get a higher level that doesn't mean anything.

[kreate]

some trophies are just glitched so u hav to put the extra effort to get them.

also good to note few trophies are glitched in ur favor hence u can unlock 2-3 trophies at once so it appears like it might of been cheated.

but most glitched trophies are glitched against ur favor.

[Ricardoportillo04]

im pretty sure you cant do that cause doesnt every game tell you something about not letting you get the trophies because its not your save...it does it for LBP

[elbeasto86]

I play maybe less than 10 hours a week and I'm at level 13.

[Spitfire_Riggz]

Freaking took years to sync his trophies lol

[capcock]

lol 20-30 hrs/week since 2006 and lvl 13?
I have had ps3 since mid 2010 and I play like 10-15 Hours/month and I'm lvl 11 and I'm not even trophy hunting xD

[LOOK_AT_THIS_I]

maybe the dude enjoys certain games and plays only those games, I have a variety of trophies and no plats I bounce around from game to game. Its not all about stupid ass achievements and trophies, its about playing with your friends and enjoying some of the games you have without trying to repeat a level 15 times to kill 3 guys with a grenade at one time.

[Emilio_Estevez]

Transferring saves disables getting trophies on the new profile.

[VampHuntD]

On some games that is true, but not on most. For example, Disgaea 3 saves will still allow trophies from a copied save.

[mt]

do you think sony is not watching him since he has the most trophies in psn ?

so there is noting fishy it is just your apartment smells that fishy.

[xabmol]

.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[mt]

^
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hahahaahaah niiice one

[JsonHenry]

I kinda wish I got into trophies/achievements/steam achievements to get more out of my games. But I just can't seem to care less no matter how hard I try. :/

[zeddy]

this is for a website though isnt it? he or others might be doing it for fun but they are helping other gamers by doing guides.

[FreydaWright]

I know this website is based solely on gaming, but I have to say... 20-30 hours a week? Do you not go to school or have a job?

[LOOK_AT_THIS_I]

Man I envy him, his girlfriend/wife must be so proud of him /S

How in the hell would anyone have time to play video games this much, there is no way he works/or does anything other than sit in front of a tv playing games. There are some games he "completed" that require numerous hours to grind out, I call bs.
"For more info join my facebook fanpage"....what a tool

[subtenko]

Who else was waiting for something major to happen like an earthquake after he hit level 50? xD

Agree or Disagree if you Agree or Disagree

[Istanbull]

Impressive, I have someone on my list who is level 30.

I'm level 14, 55% with 20 platinums and very proud about this!

If you wanna meet trophy hunters go to ps3trophies lol

[goku32359]

lol im level 14, 52% with only 4 platinums. i play a lot of games, but i usually never try to platinum them because its too time consuming lol

[kramun]

I'm on level 10 with no platinums, is that good? I don't really care tbh as I play games to enjoy them, not to get trophies, but I do complete most of my games with the exceptions of games I've bought for my kids.

[daddy77]

at kramun

YOu said it man,you play games to enjoy it.I do the same,I have 7 plat and realised how much time I wasted to platinum those( I like to plat only the best games I love and not Hanna Montana etc LOL)...

[Tru_Blu]

level 20 with 56 plats. Everyone of them is legit also!

[gamingdroid]

There is a cap on the level?

edit: @Trophywhore

Such an awesome answer from such an awesome username!

That was my point, why is there a cap? The cap should be determined by the number of trophies in games available.

My guess, is that points to reach a level are manually determined, and Sony haven't figured out what those levels are yet.

[mafiahajeri]

If you read the article it says that 50 is the maximum you can go. Sony should patch it to a 100.

[Trophywhore]

There should be no cap. Infinite games=infinite trophies to obtain. Make that cap 1 million minimum.

[jerethdagryphon]

now that its been reached sony will up it

[Redempteur]

there are always CAPS, even your watch has caps.

Overflows in electronics are happening because you go over the caps while calculating numbers...
This is a standard thing on every device. It can be patched to allow for more afterwards but there is nothing wrong with LV 50 when you considers the time needed to get to it.

[gamingdroid]

Well, the cap on a overflow of 32-bit integer is 4,294,967,295. That is 4 billion plus!

None the less it is hardly the same as a level 50 cap that is hard to believe it is a technical issue.

If there is a technical reason, the only one I can think of is the database column isn't wide enough to accommodate a higher Trophies point which could be a pain to resize due to testing.

However, it is still odd to me not to have a higher level possible from the onset. Then again there are all sorts of questions and issues that arises, since trophy level isn't linearly scaled. The vast majority will not reach the max, and as you go higher up it gets harder to level up and thereby reduce the incentive to the masses, but the most dedicated.

You want

[Redempteur]

i agree gamindroid.

But you don't know for sure how the level of the trophies are calculated .Also yes the database collumn isn't wide enough but when creating ( or expanding a database ) you don't put a HUGE margin , you try to guess a reasonnable width.

Nobody will create a table for billions of users with huge margin , it's a pain to manage. AND it cost a LOT

[gamingdroid]

The cost of having a larger column is dirt cheap and the cost of increasing the column is rather expensive considering the work required and the risk involved so I doubt it is the issue.

If it is, then that is a bonehead decision!

As I said, most likely the issue is the points required for each level isn't on a linear scale. This causes problems like:

a) How do you determine the point score for next level?

b) What about the vast majority of users that never reach that level? It would seem like they never increased their level.

The level system in this case might be flawed....

[Redempteur]

Well the trophies aren't lost .. Just that the calculated amount of each trophies reached the maximum level available.

a) by following the same increase in requirements as the previous level.

b) This isn't an issue since like 3 or 5 people reached this status ..sony won't update it anytime soon. and like many people here said , the average of a regular player ( not trophy whore) is near (10 - 20) ..this isn't even near an issue.

"The cost of having a larger column is dirt cheap"
No. not when you're managing so many people, each space count and that why you don't allow wide margin from the start it's easier ( FOR EVERYONE ) to limit at first and expand it later.
"the cost of increasing the column is rather expensive considering the work required and the risk involved "

They just need to prepare more space by linking more servers to their already available set.i dunno what risk you're talking about when every serious company has saves in case somthing happens and resizing tables are hardly something that can generate lot of errors.

[gamingdroid]

You are contradicting yourself:

***No. not when you're managing so many people, each space count and that why you don't allow wide margin from the start it's easier ( FOR EVERYONE ) to limit at first and expand it later.***

***They just need to prepare more space by linking more servers to their already available set.***

If you are just adding a few servers, then that is hardly "each space counts". You can store many billions of records on 100GB hard drive and we got Terabyte drives!

1GB can store 268,435,456 32-bit integers. Adding extra storage is a few hundred bucks, maybe a few thousand if you are using overpriced enterprise stuff.

***i dunno what risk you're talking about when every serious company has saves in case somthing happens and resizing tables are hardly something that can generate lot of errors. ***

Any DBA worth his salt will tell you that modifying an existing database is a risk, because you are modifying an existing system that is very large. It is always easier to add tables with database server than modifying it. Some of the problems are hard to detect, for instance you align the data on the hard drive for performance reasons, and when you change the column size this alignment is affected. You can perform stress test, but it is never going to replicate a live environment.

Other issues that might show up, is now the database might grow larger than the size of the drive and have to be further split up. Keep in mind these are now multiple colums we are talking about.

There are all sorts of things that goes on in a large system, that smaller systems don't have to worry about.

Backups are nice and dandy, but service uninterruption isn't guaranteed with changes.

So it isn't error prone issue (although this is a smaller factor), it is stability issues in a large system.

***This isn't an issue since like 3 or 5 people reached this status ..sony won't update it anytime soon. and like many people here said , the average of a regular player ( not trophy whore) is near (10 - 20) ..this isn't even near an issue.***

True, but as I said, clearly Sony didn't anticipate possibility of exceeding this cap at 50 level. They really should have had a dynamic system that can scale with the number of games they are adding. That shouldn't be hard to figure out, but the user perception issue is altogether entirely different.

[Redempteur]

sigh *

"If you are just adding a few servers, then that is hardly "each space counts". You can store many billions of records on 100GB hard drive and we got Terabyte drives! "
you're thinking like someone who never had to touch or manage a proper netserver..thos thing cost thousand of dollar piece ( i am talking about proper server , not a harddrive you buy at a nearby shop ) because those are made with much more care than anything you can find on the regular market.

"Other issues that might show up, is now the database might grow larger than the size of the drive"

Those things areNOT stored on a support with a limit because you can add more to the set

"Backups are nice and dandy, but service uninterruption isn't guaranteed with changes. "

That's why they have to do their changes during maintenances ..and if you've paid attention the pSN goes on maintenance at regular dates ? why do you think ... because they are making backup and necessary changes to their software and hardware .. Those interruption of services are happening several times per year already.

"Sony didn't anticipate possibility of exceeding this cap at 50 level."

Of course they did. if they hadn't the software or psn wouldn't have been able to work past the limit they SET.. When you program like that , you have to set yourself limits. Every devices has limits. What they didn't see is this group of people earning a lot of them quite fast .. BUT THEN AGAIN , they still can earn them and once they patch the limit the total count should be restored ..

you're thinking like someone who hasn't managed large chuck of data on a server based environement.you can't just SET ( for example )

total_trophy INT( 'infinite' )

You have to put a number

[gamingdroid]

***you're thinking like someone who never had to touch or manage a proper netserver..thos thing cost thousand of dollar piece ( i am talking about proper server , not a harddrive you buy at a nearby shop ) because those are made with much more care than anything you can find on the regular market.***

Dude I just told you the enterprise stuff cost more, but companies like Sony has data warehouses. The extra data cost is marginable. Even a couple of terabytes for Sony is nothing compared to the scale of their network. That said, companies like Google employ over the counter cheap computers just fine.

***Those things areNOT stored on a support with a limit because you can add more to the set***

Anytime you do any of those operations there are down times and etc. You want minimal downtime and risk. Any operation is a risk, including human error.

***That's why they have to do their changes during maintenances ..and if you've paid attention the pSN goes on maintenance at regular dates ? why do you think ... because they are making backup and necessary changes to their software and hardware .. Those interruption of services are happening several times per year already.***

Actually, backups are likely done continuosly, as taking down a system to perform bakcup is plain stupid these days. It wouldn't surprise me if Sony had writes to multiple servers at once. Changes to software do require some downtime, but it doesn't mean it is acceptable. So you are planning in maintenaince so you can save a tens of thousand of dollars? That's moronic. One day of lost sale for PSN far exceeds that!

***you're thinking like someone who hasn't managed large chuck of data on a server based environement.***

If anything, I think you have proven the opposite. Clearly you know very little about databases, servers and farms. First of all, a db column to store numbers is typical 32-bit int already. Sure it has a max, but as I pointed out, it isn't 500k and if it is a moron did it on a number that clearly will grow. You don't generally alter large databases because it results in lots of data re-writes, especially if it is numeric type. Now if it is characters, it is completely different, because it is costly.

Numbers are cheap to store in databases, while text blobs are not.

***you can't just SET ( for example )

total_trophy INT( 'infinite' )

You have to put a number***

No, you would just say

CREATE TABLE user_trophy (total_trophy_score INT, ...)

instead of moronic (which I'm pretty sure they didn't):

CREATE TABLE user_trophy (total_trophy_score MEDIUMINT, ...)

***When you program like that , you have to set yourself limits. Every devices has limits. What they didn't see is this group of people earning a lot of them quite fast .. BUT THEN AGAIN , they still can earn them and once they patch the limit the total count should be restored .. ***

The limit is set when you declare the column, obviously it isn't a hardware (device) limit!

You don't design based on anticipation, you design based on possibility. If you allow it, you have to account for it. Plain and simple.

That said, I'm pretty sure that the issue isn't technical, but rather Sony wanted to adjust the score based on how fast users approach it, so the scale doesn't get out of wack as you move higher up.

By the way:

***Nobody will create a table for billions of users with huge margin , it's a pain to manage. AND it cost a LOT ***

There is no pain to manage, it is far more pain to upgrade!

[IAmTheTruth]

Hakoom is secretly Jack Tretton.

[brish]

Here are the top trophy hunters:
http://www.ps3trophies.com/...

duck360 is #1 right now.

[Sandmano]

He has openly admited to hacking a couple of games on his youtube videos. He says hes not proud of it but does it really matter? I mean its too late to try to justify yourself. Also its well known in the trophy scene that he and his brothers play on the same account.

If you read the paragraph in the article it says LEGITIMATE not a hacker.

[kza]

man is Hakoom your boyfriend or something your always defending him, and yh it does matter trophies are there to be EARNED not HACKED.

[duck36o]

I'm the one

[KillerPwned]

I`am just about 2/5ths their :)

[Errod88]

I'm only Level 16 34% with 17 Plats,and I have be collecting trophies since 19 November 2008.

[TheFirstClassic]

The problem with trying to get this many trophies is that you have to pick your games based on how easily and quickly you can get a lot of trophies, not how great the game is. People like this are playing video games only for the sense of accomplishment, not for enjoyment and fun. Not somewhere I want to go. Playing a game for its quality comes first, its trophies are a distant second. For me anyway.

[daddy77]

Agreed man

[aGameDeveloper]

He got platinum on Demon's Souls. I thought that was supposed to be one of the hardest?

[jerethdagryphon]

i have the demons soul plat its not hard its unforgiving play it smart and its easy

in fact im finding kz3 far harder the demonsouls

[oNIXo]

I got plat on DS last week. I was playing with one of my friends from NY and I live in TX. We just played like 4-5 hours a night for like a month (with a few days where we didn't play for some reason or another.) It's not that difficult, just time consuming. I logged like 130+ hours.

[Cerv-Clash]

excatly aside from all the time to plat the med-hard game. He obviously didn't mind playing easy plat games too but to each his own.

[Cerv-Clash]

exactly aside from all the time to plat the med-hard game. He obviously didn't mind playing easy plat games too but to each his own.

[Cerv-Clash]

excatly aside from all the time to plat the med-hard game. He obviously didn't mind playing easy plat games too but to each his own.

[Cerv-Clash]

exactly aside from all the time to plat the med-hard game. He obviously didn't mind playing easy plat games too but to each his own.

[Cerv-Clash]

excatly aside from all the time to plat the med-hard game. He obviously didn't mind playing easy plat games too but to each his own.

[scotchmouth]

Good use of bubbles there.

[mamotte]

You sir, got pwnd by the system. literally.

[milohighclub]

Level 12 with 3 plats and had a ps3 a year, not really bothered about trophies tbh

[Marceles]

I have 40 platinums but I haven't whored for a whole year. If I kept at it I'd probably be where Dropeti is now. Oh yeah, Dropeti said to call you a n00b :) (j/k)

[dragon82]

I am at 53 platinums and could probably be up near 100 if I hadn't stopped whoring hardcore about the same time as you.

[Tru_Blu]

I'm at 56. I go through phases, I'll whore for a month or two then get like 15 trophies total in the next 2 months.

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

I am at level 9
ALL BOW TO ME!!

[StarWolf]

im at like 7 , who gives a shi. i play games on psn,xbl,steam , get the ending credits and play the next game unless there are cool sidequests

[bobrea]

It's honestly not something to be proud of. Doesn't this dude have a life?

[MrBeatdown]

Exactly. To get 250 platinums, he needs to have gotten a platinum every three or four days since Sony added trophies. The absolute easiest platinums take at least around 5-6 hours, with the average taking far more than that. Probably 10 hours if you're doing speed runs. Plus you have to factor in all the time he spent getting trophies in games without platinums.

That's at least three or four hours of gaming every single day. I've played that much on plenty of occassions, but I couldn't do it every day for three years straight.

[geddesmond]

I've 38 plats and I just stopped going for plats after that. I've about 20 or so games that only need 1 trophey that I just left cause I was sick of them. Trophies can add fun to many games but they can take it away from games too. Kudos to him for plating NGS2 but a lot of his games are disney games and many rpgs are at the 0% mark which says that hes one of those people that stays away from games that take 100s of hours to plat.

[Ethereal]

Wow...

[radphil]

And the rest of the world didn't bat an eye at this and moved on with their lives...

[J86blum]

Where does he get money for all these games?
p.s he plat Heavy Rain?.. how many times do you have to play that to get all endings?

he should submit this to someone get it looked over like trophy times, maybe he could get in a record book or something.

[daddy77]

Cupcake

I have platinumed Heavy Rain, yes you have to play I think 18 times but from a certain point,you dont have to play it from scratch.besides Heavy Rain is awesome cause you change the outcome by playing it different times.I got the plat by mistake since I was playing it many times to see all the different outcomes.Personally I belive its wasted of time to go for trophies by playing crappy games just for the trophies.well depends how someone sees it(my self married with child)to me its a wasted time of playing many hours of videogames anyway.But I love videogames :)

[J86blum]

I sadly don't get to game much between my two jobs, I have however plat 2 titles and im proud of that one is Resident Evil 5, and the other is infamous 2. and before anyone says oh those are easy.. I don't care what you think mkay:)

[dragon82]

Heavy Rain was an easy platinum if you liked the game enough to play through it multiple times.

[UltimateIdiot911]

It was painful if you try to plat the game right away, since that is what I did. Heavy Rain is actually my first plat.

[SonyNGP]

Oh look. It's "him" again.

[Alos88]

There's a maximum? That's kinda disappointing, I was hoping it would just keep going on forever.

[Rhythmattic]

My thoughts exactly

Long
Live
Play

(texted while not looking)

[Relientk77]

He cheats or has no life, and no job lol

[Ricardoportillo04]

im level 5 percent who cares..seriously though get anywhere above level 15 you have no life it has been scientifically proven

[Blink_44]

Don't be jealous of people that are 15+, just because they are that high doesn't mean they have no life.

[mac_sparrow]

I consider myself to have a fulfilling life. I'm engaged, until recently taught high school ICT (now working support), I read, I go to the pub, I watch movies and TV shows, and cycle. I am also at level 17.

And I do these things all at the same time... without looking!

Long
Live
Play

;)

Codename's post was mildly amusing though

[Hyperbomb69]

This guys sounds like a major neckbeard... I mean platinuming games is cool and all but wow...

[BonhamZ0S0]

I can tell this guy doesn't like getting laid.

[SonyStyled]

does anyone know where he got that killzone 3 theme from? ive never seen anything like that on the store

[SonyNGP]

It came with my Helghast Edition.

[sprinterboy]

Alot of people are calling him a cheater, but at the end of the day, I know alot of people who use youtube to help them get trophies ie finding treasures in Uncharted for example. I for one can look at my trophy list which sits at level 13 knowing all of mine are legit, without use of hacks and youtube help. How many people can honestly say that?, which in a way makes trophies pointless when comparing with friends who have plats when they have used youtube to find hidden treasures etc. Just my opinion though, I play the SP experience in my 1st playthrough then replay a second time to get trophies, after that I`m generally done with collecting trophies or the game (not enough gaming time)

[Convas]

I'm sorry, since when does usinga guide on Youtube make you illegitimate? Did you find ALL the hidden treasures in Uncharted 2 by yourself? What about the Dead Drops in inFamous 2?

There's nothing wrong with a guide, it doesn't make you any less of a gamer than anyone else.

[WitWolfy]

Well said, if you still put the effort into finding them even after getting a idea where it is, its still a trophy/achievement earned

[Marceles]

Dead Drops in inFamous 2 is actually easy since there's a power up that helps you find them. inFamous 1 on the other hand...torture. But yeah, any trophy whore that says they don't use a guide should have their PS3s spontaneously combust.

[Simco876]

I use guides because I don't have enough time to search around a gaming world for shards/drops whatever I am looking for. Just easier to get a guide and cut your time in half

[mamotte]

Of course, when I put youtube and search for it, the trophy magically appears. No effort.

There's two kind of trophies: The ones that requires skills, like beating the game on a certain difficult, and there are the collectibles, like find all the pieces of something. I cant do the second ones. I just hate travelling an searching and looking. And, if you search for the difficult ones, the video will not pass the game for you, after all.

[Too_many_games]

i am sad..i should have the plat in Dragon age 2...damn you glitched supplier trophy

[DFresh]

Dude has way too much time on his hands.
Congrats on his goal anyway.
:P

[abbasooo]

duck360 biggest cheaters ... He use Multiple people playing on one account

[abbasooo]

I Saw many hakoom video {playing}, Game Review , The guy got talent
so the guy got no live :)

[blackblades]

Sony never thought someone would actually get to 50 this generation, lol sucks for him no prize at all, in the future reaching 50 probably get you ps3 extreme bundle pack.

[leemo19]

Congrats to him, i wonder if Sony knows about this, I'm sure once they see it if they haven't their probably do a whole article on it or give him some kind of unique bundle you cant get anywhere else.
Still though their some what questions to this. He made of not used hacking to get the trophies but he had to used someone's else save or people play on his account on different ps3. 3 years your level 50 with that many trophies he had to have some kind of help with it, i don't think it was just him.

[Platinum_k]

This guy should win a freakin Emmy for having absolutely No Life at All!!!

...Still, Congratulations buddy!

[REDHULKSMASH]

250 platinums?! There aint even 250 GAMES on ps3 and xbox combined, not only that trophies started around 2008 early 2009. 15000 sounds too high, you figure about 100 trophies on the high end per game times maybe 75-80 ballpark with trophy support(and that sounds high); that would be 80 plats. Remember cod 4 didn't have trophies & everything prior,...it just sounds outta whack.

[thespaz]

I've never platinum'd a game. I get trophies on accident because I'm not trying for them, I'm just playing the game.

Also, I don't play crappy games just to get a stupid little icon that tells my friends I did something in the game. Trophies are stupid in my opinion.

[MOTY]

There's a trophy cap?

So...obtaining future trophies would now be irrelevant?

[jerethdagryphon]

no theres a level cap
for now

[abbasooo]

Im in level 15 ;)

[Solans Scott]

And I'm now struggling to go to level 10

[spacedelete]

well this guy has some crappy disney platinums. check out Blighton he has over 170 platinums and they are respectable platinums like GTA IV and dead rising 2 platinums. you can't beat that.

[Ocean]

I'm very happy with the platinums i've managed to get since trophies were introduced...I wonder if Hakoom has heard of women and the many pleasures a man and a woman can have together

[csreynolds]

Whether this is a lone achievement or multiple people play on the account, it's mighty impressive - from a gaming point of view anyway.

I personally have too much of a life to strive for something like this... :-P

[Bolts]

Looks like he has won the PS3. Now for the nextgen...

[duck36o]

Actually yes I do have multiple users and have used some exploits and saves if it was illegal then sony would have banned me then I am the over all rank number one so don't hate the player hate the game…

[PickAShoe]

hax :D

[SephirothX21]

I think there is a life out there that somebody needs to get.

[SpinalRemains138]

Compare???

I'm @ 9 and Ive had since launch lol. I'm no hunter by any means, but this guy is rather ridiculous!

50! ??? My goodness. I'd understand if each level were a flat rating, but they're exponentially harder. Gawd Daym he plays a lot of games!

[NoobJobz]

Gamerscore wise, about how much would a level 50 be? 300,000? 400,000?

[SpinalRemains138]

How is it possible to get all those platinums and all those 100%??

I wouldn;t think there are enough hours in the day. I mean c'mon! How much does he play? Does he sleep? This cat needs a reality show called "Addicted to Gaming".

He seriously must average 10 hours a day minimum. No joke. Think about it. A normal gamer getting 100% on Demons Souls alone spends many many hours. Something doesn't add up.

[Blaine]

Demon's Souls, if you follow a guide, can take less than 60 hours to plat. Can realistically be done in less than two weeks with a few kids game thrown in for easy plats and taking breaks! (Not what I did, but just saying. I got Demon's Souls plat in about a month! And no kids plats for me.)

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

MEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[kma2k]

25-30 hours per week since launch & im at mid level 14

[Blaine]

Wait... So now that he's reached the cap, will he do something else with his life? O_o No point in getting more trophies!

Actually, now that I think about it: I will facepalm if he starts a new account to reach level 50 again.

[C_Dub]

This isn't something to be proud of....but congrats anyway lol.

[Braid]

What a waste of time for you guys pursuing trophies and achievements, as if you're getting a real golden metal for that. I really don't understand the underlying mentality of trophies.

Now let the disagree rain beging lol.

[kza]

NOT obtained but HACKED this guys a joke he wont admit that he HACKED and CHEATED his way to level 50.

[zero_cool]

The guy probably only focused on completing the trophy challenges in most of the games & probably has the money to spend on lots of games per month & the spare time to play them all per day.

[lodossrage]

And this is why I know

Now it's true, he's been gathering trophies all this time. But some of them he got BEFORE he should have been able to. What I mean is when he has ONLINE trophies for games that don't even HAVE THEIR SERVERS UP yet.

Case in point, Uncharted 2.

When uncharted 2 game out first, almost ALL the trophies were single player based with the exception of 2. But you NEEDED THOSE TWO in order to get the platinum.

He has the uncharted 2 platinum 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE SERVER WENT UP. So tell me, how is he getting platinums for online games when there was no server for him to even play on to obtain them?

[WildArmed]

Aren't there like 4 people sitting at lv50 atm?

[lex-1020]

Hakoom doesn;t have the most trophies. Duck360 does.

Hakoom 14956 Trophies

Duck360 15008 Trophies

The number 1 trophy hunter in the world actually is Duck360

[Vortex3D]

What is the purpose to play games?

Question is did he enjoy playing the really bad games just for the trophies? When trophy enhances the parts of the game, that's one thing, but when you have to spend hours of no real gameplay just to obtain the trophy, what's the point because in the end, it's just an "icon" to brag about.

If Trophy Level 50 is the max level, will he continue to play more games?

[Orionsangel]

As you can see he has no life.

[lodossrage]

lol mean, but probably true.

If he's sitting here telling people he does ALL this on his own AND doesn't cheat, then yeah he can't have much of an outdoor life.

But as I shown in a previous post, he must be cheating to some extent because of the way he gets trophies for online games that didn't even have their servers up at the time he got them.

[tigertron]

He got to level 50 and then what? nothing, all it shows is that hes spent too much of his life playing games, unless of course he cheated or had multiple users on his PS3.

[bradolson]

EVERYBODY needs to go watch the South Park episode "Guitar Queer-O" RIGHT. NOW. I think the ending sums it up pretty nicely.

[Enzo]

Yay! Does that mean he can go outside now?

[doolindesperado]

and maybe play? :)

[bradolson]

I wonder how his girlfriend feels about all the time he spends gaming. Oh, wait...

[Ser]

Guy has the Mortal Kombat 9 platinum. Either he has WAY too much time on his hands, multiple people are using the same account, or he's cheating...

The MK9 platinum requires you to play EACH CHARACTER for a total of 24 HOURS...That doesn't include the other requirements for each character, like 100 wins, 100 -alities, and 150 x-ray moves...per character.

That's just...insane.

[AleGooner78]

This what happens when you have no life at all. Besides, I CALL BULLSHIT.

[doolindesperado]

somebody has lots of free time...

[HINDERIZATION]

someone has a big e-peen now.

[Ares84]

Actually I'm pretty sure that people with so many trophies either cheat or hack or are millionaires and have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING else to do in life but play video games from dawn to late at night.

As for having two trophies at the same time, I did this just yesterday in God of War. Get 100 hits and get 200 hits. I got them very close to each other and they unlocked one after the other with a second difference. It's not a cheat, it just happend this way.

But I'm no where near this guy. Some platinums just take too much time to earn so I don't see how is it possible for some people to have so many platinums.

[austin15]

i cant believe this!! me and my sister just got two i-pads for $42.77 each and a $50 amazon card for $9. the stores want to keep this a secret and they dont tell you. go here BidsGet.com

[OddAttachment]

I've hit level 13 with only 765 trophies, 5 of which are platinum, so I would have thought that 259+ platinums would have made him a much higher level.
He did get Arkham Asylum though which is tough, so hat's off to the man.