As I stood atop the frozen Peaks of the Stormpeak Mountains, fighting the bitter cold, I found myself wondering if this magical beast actually existed. The Time-Lost Proto-Drake. If the legends were true then this amazing beast could surely be mine! I have been waiting here now for a whole 7 years. I stayed in the shadows for the most part; trying to avoid being seen. The shadows made it harder for the frost giants icy eyes to see. These damn giants were everywhere. But of course the shadows always made things seem even colder. How creatures could live in this environment I couldn’t help but wonder to myself. I could see my breath on the frigid cold air as I was rapidly losing feeling in my fingers. I wasn’t about to build a fire though; that would make me too easy a target to be seen.

It began to snow… again. My eyes drifted to the sky and as I looked up I saw one of the hundred foot tall frost giants glaring down toward me. They have always wanted to turn me to goo under their feet. Fortunately for me I knew that there was no way it could see me; or so I thought. suddenly the previously passive giants icy cold eyes almost seemed to turn red as a 5 ton foot came crashing down towards me! I leaped out of the way rolling to my side and watched my poor makeshift camp turn to nothing but sticks and dust. I quickly scrambled to my feet and began to run knowing full well that there was no way I could outrun this creature. The giant slowly turned its snow covered head and began to give chase. I began to panic. I knew there was nothing in my arsenal that could so much as phase this creature. That’s when it happened…

I looked up in the sky and saw it; Perhaps the single most important moment of my life. A greenish blur streaking across the sky. A single tear rolled down my face as I knew I had found what I waited for all these years. Thinking quickly, and while still running, I grabbed my rope I always carried on my hip and through it desperately into the air. By some miracle of god the rope managed to catch the green blur and I was taken off my feet. Looking down as I was carried off the ground I could see the frost giant throw a little temper tantrum as it knew that I was now lost to him. With a grin on my face from ear to ear I chuckled to myself and proceeded to look up at the creature I had snagged with my rope. I then climbed my rope to the top and hurled myself on top of the beast. I had captured the Time-Lost Proto-Drake. It was mine.

Sounds a little more epic then a story of standing around for hours waiting for a rare spawn to pop doesn’t it? I can’t tell you how many times over the course of the last eight years I have gone to stupid lengths to get achievements. Standing around waiting for spawns, millions of hours of fishing, pvping just to get them … the list goes on and on. My questions for everyone today is what is the most ridiculas thing that you have ever done for an achievement? Was it a time sync? Was it just killing all those creatures? Maybe getting a legendary weapon just to have in your backpack?