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mmj_uk · 26 Nov 2008 at 10:50

He cheated by renting games, Gamerscore is obviously there to encourage idiots to "buy" games they would ordinarily have little interest in.

dannyjo22 · 26 Nov 2008 at 11:00

I dont see the reason for the excessive gaming comments either. Most people will come home from work and watch a couple of hours TV likely more. Yet I game instead.

Loads of my friends make comments about how often I'm on the xbox yet will spend 5 or 6 hours in the evening watching any old drivel that's on TV.

rp2000 · 26 Nov 2008 at 12:14

dannyjo22 said:
I dont see the reason for the excessive gaming comments either. Most people will come home from work and watch a couple of hours TV likely more. Yet I game instead.

Loads of my friends make comments about how often I'm on the xbox yet will spend 5 or 6 hours in the evening watching any old drivel that's on TV.

Generally gamers are seen as a bit obsessive (rightly or wrongly). Most people jut leave TV on and don't even really watch it.

Also most people who watch too much TV, if you swapped their TV or denied them for a day or 2 they would survive

. If you reset people's gamerscores they seem to get very upset (as highlighted by this thread).

Gaming is possibly the new watching TV

, but it still has loads of negative geeky, obsessive, stereotypes associated with it (that most people on this forum perpetuate, without realising).

Anyway the guy in the OP heated so he deservers his score reset/reduction.

rp2000

Soulja · 26 Nov 2008 at 12:21

the thing is people(non cheaters) put a effort into getting the gamerscore but just have to sit on there bums when watching t.v. And have no control over what will happen.

PiKe · 26 Nov 2008 at 12:25

Hey guys, I saw your story on ‘JackTheWhack’ earlier today. I wanted to let you know that we have investigated this situation and the evidence overwhelmingly supported an achievement reset. Our commitment to supporting safe, secure and satisfactory gameplay for the more than 14 million members of the Xbox LIVE community remains a top priority. Microsoft will continue to employ and bolster anti-cheating policies to counter such activity.

All the best,

Larry Hryb
Director Of Programming, Xbox Live
Gamertag: Major Nelson

Flammy · 26 Nov 2008 at 12:31

What does that mean? That he was actually guilty of cheating?

orderoftheflame · 26 Nov 2008 at 12:41

Flammy said:
What does that mean? That he was actually guilty of cheating?

I'd say so. I didn't really doubt it tbh.

McManicMan · 26 Nov 2008 at 12:54

Our commitment to supporting safe, secure and satisfactory gameplay for the more than 14 million members of the Xbox LIVE community remains a top priority. Microsoft will continue to employ and bolster anti-cheating policies to counter such activity.

what a load of crap, lol,

deSade · 26 Nov 2008 at 13:19

Wyrdo said:
That wasn't directed solely at you but why the roll eyes for playing so many games?

Because let's face it, it is sad really! Doing anything to that sort of excess in life is at the very least, a bit sad.

OrphanBoy · 26 Nov 2008 at 14:12

The writing in that article is so melodramatic! "There was no trial, and there was no jury", FFS.

Anders0n · 26 Nov 2008 at 16:25

Liking games isn't the problem, it's peoples obsession with a meaningless number which gets me.

Chronictank · 26 Nov 2008 at 17:11

If it was so clear cut why dont they say what this evidence is :confused:

Weebull · 26 Nov 2008 at 17:25

I'd guess at: Large amount of games played, lots of hours spent playing, often during working hours. Thus, he blatently didn't have a full-time job to support the number of games he was "getting". All speculation obviously.

WatchTower said:
If it took him three years It's not just a number it's years of his life they've just deleted.

He still completed those achievements. Just because he doesn't have them to prove that he did, and given that no-one else would ever care, what does it matter? If it really is just about "doing the additional challenges", then it shouldn't matter if the number was erased, should it? I've 100%'d GTA:SA, but I don't keep the save file on my PC just to prove it.

Chronictank · 26 Nov 2008 at 17:28

Weebull said:
I'd guess at: Large amount of games played, lots of hours spent playing, often during working hours. Thus, he blatently didn't have a full-time job to support the number of games he was "getting". All speculation obviously.

all of which are no real proof of him cheating

orderoftheflame · 26 Nov 2008 at 17:29

Chronictank said:
If it was so clear cut why dont they say what this evidence is

Have a read of the link I posted.

It's all done by noticing impossible orders in which achievements are gained, or something along those lines.

Weebull · 26 Nov 2008 at 17:30

No, but are you really likely to have anything other than circumstantial evidence?