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    Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.

    The Sound an Achievement Makes

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    #1  Edited By kmdrkul

    We all know the sound; it's the same sound as when somebody invites you to a game, or a friend signs on.  My question is, does anyone else hear this sound out of nowhere, despite the fact that there is no 360 around?  I was in a public restroom the other day and I swear I heard the sound.

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    #2  Edited By danielkempster

    That, my friend, means you play way too much 360. I used to get the same thing, but with Goofy's laugh. Oddly enough, it was around the time I was playing Kingdom Hearts II for four hours a day.

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    #3  Edited By OmegaPirate

    The best solution is a bridge, a trip and a nice long relaxing fall

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    #4  Edited By DanCarmichael

    I hate it when a friend logs on just as you think you're about to get an achievement.

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    #5  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    Yeah, I get the exact same thing.

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    #6  Edited By BiggerBomb
    DanCarmichael said:
    "I hate it when a friend logs on just as you think you're about to get an achievement."

    *Ding!* "Omg, what's this achievme...."

    "Oh. Fuck you, Steve."
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    #7  Edited By AndrewGaspar

    THIS explains why the trophy noise on PS3 sucks so much. Sony doesn't want to warp our minds. =P

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    #8  Edited By grilledcheez

    That used to happen to me, I don't play as much now so maybe that's helping. ;)

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    #9  Edited By GagJ

    It happens to me as well, alot even though my Gamerscore is quite small.

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    #10  Edited By RetroIce4

    Umm... No. I don't just hear Xbox 360 voices in my head...

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    #11  Edited By TheGTAvaccine

    Yeah, actually I do, and so does my friend. I dont play a lot of 360 though.

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    #12  Edited By seanbooker
    BiggerBomb said:
    "DanCarmichael said:
    "I hate it when a friend logs on just as you think you're about to get an achievement."

    *Ding!* "Omg, what's this achievme...."

    "Oh. Fuck you, Steve."
    "
    I've gone through the EXACT same thing

    "wait? achievem-....Tom...ima kill you"
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    #13  Edited By Ma7moud

    And I thought I'm the only one who hears the voice almost everywhere.

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    #14  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    This actually happened to me the other night. I thought I heard it, but I had stopped playing my 360 a while before.

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    #15  Edited By Subway

    Yep used to happen to me a lot out of nowhere. Now it happens a lot when I'm playing a game.

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    #16  Edited By Systech

    Sometimes I hear it when I am playing and no notification comes up.

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    #17  Edited By logson

    I always think I hear it while playing, and every once in a while hear it in my head.

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    #18  Edited By mandeponium

    This happens to me all the time. Except the sound is my alarm clock.

    Aural rape for the lose.

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    #20  Edited By twenty0ne

    Nope, I'm not crazy.

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    #21  Edited By TyrellOCP

    i can't tell you how happy i'm not the only mental person to hear this all the time.
    terrifying!

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    #22  Edited By Bennyishere

    I'm not sure which game this was, I think it was Ninja Gaiden II, but it had a sound in its soundtrack that was very similar to the BEBLOP of achievements. It freaked me out every time.

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    #23  Edited By Player1

    That happens to me, only with other sounds. Like sirens in gta, or idk other everyday things. 

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    #24  Edited By Psynapse
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    #25  Edited By jakob187
    kmdrkul said:
    "We all know the sound; it's the same sound as when somebody invites you to a game, or a friend signs on.  My question is, does anyone else hear this sound out of nowhere, despite the fact that there is no 360 around?  I was in a public restroom the other day and I swear I heard the sound."
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    #26  Edited By GmLx

    Lol

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    #27  Edited By Karmum

    Sadly yes -- or sometimes when I'm playing a game and nobody has signed in/an achievement pops up I hear it.

    ...I hate it.

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    It happens a lot when I'm playing NBA 2K7, for some reason.  That sound seems to chime into effect, but no graphic is displayed on screen. 

    It's very unfortunate my sense of hearing has become dominated by the will of the achievement.

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    #29  Edited By grilledcheez

    I bet they did research to find a sound that would do this to us...now we're under their control! : O

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    #30  Edited By Vinchenzo

    Always happens. Just running around in the game and think I hear an achievement sound, than start standing still waiting for it to pop up. It's incredibly annoying... but so delicious.

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    #31  Edited By MisterSpiffy

    Yeah...tons of people that I know of get this.

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