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Microsoft Resets Live Cheaters Achievements to Zero, Labels Them for All the World to See
By Jay Alan | March 25, 2008
Microsoft is taking Achievement Points quite serious, it seems. They see to have developed some method for catching Gamerscore cheaters, and are acting accordingly, according to Major Nelson:
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.
This is all good. To me the Xbox Team can’t treat cheaters harshly enough. Personally, I think they should be banned from Xbox Live altogether. They ruin the online experience for everyone. If I see a cheater label on your Gamercard, I certainly don’t want to play with you. Why would I? You’ll probably just cheat to win. If you start at cheating for Achievements, where does it end? It’s a pretty big problem, and one I’m glad Microsoft is dealing with.
The image above is from the Gamertag StripClubDJ, apparently he had one of the highest Gamerscores on all of Xbox Live, but he cheated to get them. What’s the point then? You didn’t earn any of them, how can you take pride in them?
You can read more on the Xbox Live Team’s stance on this issue at this page. What do you think? I’d love to hear back on this from some of our readers.
Topics: Games, Xbox 360, Xbox Live |
Tags: cheaters | major nelson.