Nerd RANT "Gamer Points"

I never really played my games on the xbox for achievements, sure they are nice to have, but I don't play the games JUST to get them. I know a few fellow gamers who play the games just for the Gamer points. If they don't have any gamer points worth getting, then there's no reason to play the game at all, which kind of sucks. The way I do it I get gamer points by going trough the game, beating a level or killing enemies, blowing stuff up. Once I've taken care of the game then I'll go back and try to get some Gamer points, If I can't get it or it's too hard I just don't do it, no big deal. I get some crap because I reached the 18k mark in GP, I've been told that I do the same thing, I always tell them No, I have that much because I actually almost see every game that I play trough to the very end, unless it really sucks ass, then I stop playing it. I know some people who if they can't get gamer points they stop playing...which is sad. I remember the days of old school gaming, where you played games just to play! none of this hard core bullshit!