One of the best features that the Xbox team introduced was tying in-game achievements to a publically viewable profile. What this allowed was for you as a gamer to start building gaming "equity" over time that could then be shared and compared with your friends and others in the gaming community. This small detail has caused me to forgo the PS3 and only play the Wii with my son as I have been focused on increasing my gamerscore and pushing myself as a game enthusiast.

With that said, yesterday marked the passing of the 30,0000 gamerscore plateau. It took 135 days to go from 20,000K to 30,000K with an average gain of 74 points per day. So I thought I would take a moment and archive some fun facts since I started gaming on the 360 oh so many moons ago.

1) Consecutive Days Played Streak - 72
2) Retail Titles Completed - 11
3) World Gamerscore Ranking - 3734
4) World Achievement Ranking - 3398
5) Largest single day achievement gain - 39
6) Most points in a day - 1200
7) Completion Percentage (0 score games removed) - 53%
8) Total Games Retail(61)/Arcade (27) Owned - 88

Here is a breakdown of the top five games played by days played:

1) NHL2k7 - 55
2) DW Gundam - 53
3) Halo3 - 48
4) Lego Star Wars II - 45
5) Gears of War - 22

Moving forward I am going to put an end to my gamerscore addiction and start playing the titles that I enjoy as I have a stack of games that are waiting to be played and enjoyed. Mass Effect, The Orange Box, Rainbow 6 Vegas, FEAR, and COD4 Multiplayer.

I have and will always be a gamer to some degree. My focus is just shifting a bit :)