Frankie Godskin Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1383/5-oTKkM=.jpgProfessor Portal 75 http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/site/gp-g.png After completing co-op, complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn’t played before "Calibration Course" is the first co-op tutorial level. That means getting this achievement requires three players: Player 1: You, who are getting the achievement. You play the entire co-op game with Player 2. Player 2: Your friend who plays the entire game co-op with you. Player 3: Your friend who did not play the game co-op until you were finished. The day you're done, you ask Player 3 to join your co-op game. This match must be online, not split-screen. You host a match on the calibration course, and when you're done, the Professor Portal achievement pops. So for this achievement, you need help from 2 others, and one of them has to be patient enough that they'll wait for you to finish co-op before THEY start co-op. Also, neither of them get the achievement using the model I described, meaning a fourth player would have to join Player 2 for them to get the achievement. It's like a really annoying pyramid scheme. The alternative solution is substituting Player 3 in the above example with a dummy Gold account. If you and Player 2 both have dummy accounts, you can get each other the achievement with only 2 people. Either way, it's a bit of work, requiring either 3 people or dummy accounts. A surprisingly dumb achievement from the people who brought us The Orange Box, which IMO is the best achievement list ever created. Please use this thread either to offer your online cherry to others so they can get the achievement or to look for players whose online cherry you can pop. REMEMBER: Both the player getting the achievement and the person who has never played before MUST BE ON EACH OTHER'S FRIENDS LIST BEFORE STARTING THE GAME. Edited July 7, 2011 by Frankie Godskin Added "Friends List" reminder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nayR2012 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) I'd be willing to create a dummy gold account if someone did the same for me.. only takes a few minutes to set up and should be easy to trade. I wouldn't worry about this achievement too much. I think we'll be able to play at our own pace and when people are ready find someone to trade with. In case anyone doesn't know.. you get a free month gold for each new gamertag with a unique email address. Edited February 27, 2011 by nayR2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Wow, the only sensible way to do this is with a created account. It says "hasnt played before" does that mean Portal at all or just Co-op? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastefulmrship Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) Let's hope you can backup, then delete your savefile to boost this achievement! I'd be happy to add my name to an 'achievement trading thread' once this game is out and we're all happy about how to unlock the achievement. I've got a couple of HDs and MCs for such a purpose! I have 4 TF2 savefiles, each with 500hrs of PYRO data on them! I'll be playing PORTAL2 24/7 anyway, so helping our little community out will be a bonus! Edited February 27, 2011 by tastefulmrship I kinda fecked up a bit! See the post below for how much I fecked up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I'm happy to add my name to an 'achievement trading thread' once this game is out and we're all happy about how to unlock the achievement. I'll be playing this 24/7 anyway, so helping our little community out will be a bonus! Oh for sure, this'll be the first time since joining this site that I can actually use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget Mafia Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I will definately be up to doing this when the game comes out. I'm pretty sure I have about 5 dummy accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Yeah, the boosting threads will be overflowing when this game comes out. I feel like playing with randoms in this game is a very bad idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MopFlop Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 um what about a normal account on splitscreen? i know it says online but could this be one of those achievements where you just have to be logged in to xbox to get it? however this achievement is quite stupid. Its going to be a pain to find someone who hasnt played it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opiate42 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah, the boosting threads will be overflowing when this game comes out. I feel like playing with randoms in this game is a very bad idea Had to LOL! at this one, too true, but I'm going to try to convince one of my normal team mates to get the game so we're familiar with each others idiosyncrasies. May have to buy Bulletstorm to play with him co-op as part of the deal, darn....rubber arm... being ...twisted...ow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) um what about a normal account on splitscreen? i know it says online but could this be one of those achievements where you just have to be logged in to xbox to get it? however this achievement is quite stupid. Its going to be a pain to find someone who hasnt played it before I'm gonna coin this term first. The hunt for "Portal virgins" begins!!! Eh? Whadda think? Edited March 2, 2011 by RBmaster9345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear. Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 however this achievement is quite stupid. Its going to be a pain to find someone who hasnt played it before I would agree that it is annoying but it is definitely not stupid. In fact it is quite ingenious. They are trying to increase their sales and expose more people to the game by taking advantage of us achievement whores and making us try to get friends who otherwise wouldn't play the game to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batboy Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I'm gonna coin this term first. The hunt for "Portal virgins" beings!!! Eh? Whadda think? There is the new meme. Its no longer "The cake is a lie" but "the hunt for portal virgins". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 There is the new meme. Its no longer "The cake is a lie" but "the hunt for portal virgins". Just make sure everyone knows it was my idea. I demand a nickel every time someone uses the phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opiate42 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I demand a nickel every time someone uses the phrase. Well now no one will use it if you're going to be billing. As for me I only have 4 coppers to my name sorry . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberry Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 no you spelt "begins" wrong (you said "beings"). so anything you claim from this point on will be considered void Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 no you spelt "begins" wrong (you said "beings"). so anything you claim from this point on will be considered void Thanks, its fixed now. Copyright still stands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Popodopolus Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I personally believe the sentence "complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn’t played before" is referring to somebody who hasn't played the Calibration Course specific. Not the co-op itself. So therefore you can do it with two of you. But we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I personally believe the sentence "complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn’t played before" is referring to somebody who hasn't played the Calibration Course specific. Not the co-op itself. So therefore you can do it with two of you. But we will see. God I hope so. I'd assume it was someone who hasnt played Co-op before. But we'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 God I hope so. I'd assume it was someone who hasnt played Co-op before. But we'll see Yea I think it's just someone who hasn't played co-op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gor1lla Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 In case anyone doesn't know.. you get a free month gold for each new gamertag with a unique email address. Wrong, it's true that you can get a free month when creating a new GT on your console, BUT this is limited to 3 months per Xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Wrong, it's true that you can get a free month when creating a new GT on your console, BUT this is limited to 3 months per Xbox Well then it's a good thing I havent used any yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Godskin Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 I personally believe the sentence "complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn’t played before" is referring to somebody who hasn't played the Calibration Course specific. Not the co-op itself. So therefore you can do it with two of you. But we will see. I disagree. The "Professor" title in the achievement, along with the tile picture of a professor teaching, indicates someone with experience teaching someone with no experience. Also, if "Calibration Course" is the first level of the co-op chapter, there's no way around it. As you said, we will see. Since none of us have played yet, we're just speculating, so who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Something Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I disagree. The "Professor" title in the achievement, along with the tile picture of a professor teaching, indicates someone with experience teaching someone with no experience. Also, if "Calibration Course" is the first level of the co-op chapter, there's no way around it. As you said, we will see. Since none of us have played yet, we're just speculating, so who knows? I'd have to agree. If it was a separate course that could be skipped, co-op partners would just do it AFTER completing the co-op campaign. That's too easy and definitely not worth 75G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBmaster9345 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 It's most certaintly the first course of the co-op map set. God I hope it's just people who havent played only co-op though. Just introduced my roommate for next year to Portal and now he cant get enough. I showed him all the latest vids and now he cant wait. Maybe I can beat it before him for a very conveniently timed chievo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceStormDragoon Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 This whole thing just sounds really painful to grab. Seems like there'll be a whole lot of accounts spawned just to get it, then abandoned. Maybe they'll include some 48 hour cards with the game?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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