March 25, 2008 – 11:21 am
With the recent ousting of gamers that have violated the terms of agreement on Xbox LIVE there has been a bit of discussion if Microsoft went too far by publicly making gamers feel stupid or they were justified in their actions.
From my perspective I think cheaters should be thrown under the bus with little to no pity. Although gamerscores don’t really mean anything except to show off the fact that gamers have sat thru different aspects of the game to see that little green bubble pop up on the screen, it still isn’t right for people to cheat the system.
Rules are made for a reason, follow them or be ridiculed by your fellow gamer and Microsoft. Many don’t care since gamerscore really does not equal anything, but there are some that are saying that MS was too lenient with the whole thing and they should be banned or even blacklist their systems as inoperable.
What are your thoughts?
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March 25, 2008 – 11:00 am
In a show of sheer spite and vengeance Microsoft has taken action against those that have wronged them and shouted out all of those gamers that have cheated or tampered with their gamerscores. Kudos to MS for taking a stand and even better for making a public mockery of those individuals, they are all pretty much branded with the scarlet letter now and made an example for all to see.
From MajorNelson:
The steps today takes the form of the following:
• Resetting the entire Gamerscore for an account to zero
• The account will be unable to regain all previously obtained achievements and Gamerscore, however, the players will have the ability to gain future Achievements by earning them fairly, like the majority of the Xbox LIVE community does.
• The account will be clearly labeled as a cheater for the community to view on xbox.com. You can see an example here. In dash, the personal view of the gamercard will be labeled as well.
The moral of the story is don’t cross MS, they will get back at you!
November 26, 2007 – 3:56 pm
I need to ask you something. How good are you at videogames? Obviously you enjoy them or you wouldn’t even be on this site to begin with. But how good are you? Nowadays you got gamerscores. And, as my fellow editors can attest to, they are some of the more important things in gaming. How else can you compare yourself to your peers?
But for those of us old enough to remember, that answer is easy as pie: Scores.
Now I’m sure that some of our younger friends are making a rather confused face. “Scores? We have those. They’re nothing new. You get a high score-thats the goal.” And anyone asking themselves what the hell I’m talking about probably didn’t live in the 70’s of 80’s that long. Which is both a good thing and a bad thing-especially if you remember the fashion. Christ.
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