Those gamers who Microsoft targeted as being the greatest Gamerscore abusers have just had their entire Gamerscore wiped to a more appropriate 0GS. This wipe also prevents abusers from being able to go back and earn Gamerscore from already unlocked achievements, but they'll still be able to live a pure life and earn new achievements in the future. But we have to say the best punishment of all is the fact that all Gamerscore cheaters will now carry a mark of shame (seen above) that's branded on the cheater's Xbox.com Gamercard. How fashionable. You can learn more about the punishment, how cheaters are targeted and what goes down over on Xbox.com. Also, be sure to heckle anyone you see sporting the mark of shame. Give it to 'em good, make 'em cry!
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3-25-2008 @ 10:22AM
DjDATZ said...
Awesome stuff Dusty!
Posted over at 360Sync.com as well!
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3-25-2008 @ 10:22AM
abyssal said...
Ive been labeled a cheater now but i dont care because a very high gamescore just makes you look like total no life loser, with no job, no girlfriend, no ambition to do nothing in life but to play games everyday allday for months and even years for some people like those who sit on their crusty asses playing world of warcraft 18 hours a day
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3-25-2008 @ 10:24AM
Kevin Gass said...
when do the halo maps hit for free today?
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3-25-2008 @ 10:25AM
JUICED said...
Off topic, but does anyone think it would be nice to special order a xbox 360/ps3 from the company.
Example, Hello MS/Sony, I would like to order your cerrent gen console with all that it comes with but could you take out the cpu and put in a Quad-core and take out the graphics engine and replace with the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition. Also, I would want a 1 TB hdd and a blu-ray/w hd-dvd drive together.(You know the all-n-one) Ok Mr.(Your last name) that will be........Whatever the price amounts too.
How much will it cost, if possible, does anyone think?
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3-25-2008 @ 10:25AM
violenceinhd said...
I wish they'd do this for every single achievement whore. GOD that'd be great!
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3-25-2008 @ 10:29AM
andyg8180 said...
ze mark of ze hooaarrr!!!!
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3-25-2008 @ 10:29AM
SugarDaddy said...
ha! That's awesome.
abyssal: You realize you just called yourself a big loser, don't you?
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3-25-2008 @ 10:32AM
thisguyrighthere said...
I don't get it. What's it worth to have the points for an achievement if you didn't earn it? Think about some of those crazy ones from Crackdown. It's awesome to finally do some of that stuff but if you didn't do it what is the score worth?
I'll never understand cheating at games.
There isn't anything to gain by doing it yet people still do it. It's like shoplifting dirt.
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3-25-2008 @ 10:44AM
Gemini Ace said...
I'm glad Microsoft did something before this got out of hand and people amassed a couple hundred thousand points...oh wait...
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3-25-2008 @ 10:47AM
Tr3y MoNey said...
Wait...You can CHEAT to increase your GamerScore? And NOBODY told Me?? WTF!?!
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3-25-2008 @ 10:51AM
thadwhit said...
@ abyssal
That's hilarious, you spent shitloads of time cheating to get a high gamerscore, and now your going to say that a high gamerscore makes you a loser. Whatever gets you through the day man.
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3-25-2008 @ 10:51AM
Sam K said...
I don't understand the obsession with the Gamerscore. It doesn't earn you anything -- no prizes, no xbox live discounts -- and the points are so arbitrarily assigned by games that it's not really a measure of any sort of gaming prowess. Some games allow you to earn GS points incredibly easily, while others hand out GS points more conservatively.
What's the big deal?
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3-25-2008 @ 10:54AM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
How do people cheat to get a higher gamerscore? Are we talking about people who get a group of friends together to get Achievements easier, or did these people actually hack XBL some way and raise their score?
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3-25-2008 @ 10:57AM
CharleyTony said...
I which they actually told us who cheated,, what their score was ....
would serve as a lesson,,,
as long as they dont do this to innocent people...
the idea that someone with , like 100,000 Gs would be reset to 0 Gs is crazy,,, imagine how much time it can take to get all those achievements...
did the cheaters do this overnight or have to earn em while cheating ?
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3-25-2008 @ 10:58AM
Bluemanrule said...
Actually, the 50k GS threshold puts you in a special club where you get a little momento. I'll never make it but it would be nice. Good on ya MS. Now, the next issue is using real dollars in the marketplace....
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3-25-2008 @ 11:01AM
Quinion said...
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=stripclubdj
FINNALLY!
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3-25-2008 @ 11:01AM
AnOffday said...
@ abyssal:
Funny how now that you've been caught and labeled a cheater, it's lame to have a high GS. I'm sure before when you still had it you thought you were pretty sweet. Basically you're the definition of cool, huh? So how old are you? 9?
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3-25-2008 @ 11:02AM
Tony said...
@CharleyTony:
I don't know of many specific examples, but the most major one was StripClubDJ. I think he had the highest gamerscore in the world and now it's 0.
My impression is that they're doing this for people who are sharing saves that aren't theirs and using Gamertags across several consoles (as in I get these 10 achievements, you get those 10 and it all goes to one name). I don't really know for sure, though.
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3-25-2008 @ 11:05AM
xenocidic said...
http://live.xbox.com/member/Sufoor
testing...
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3-25-2008 @ 11:05AM
xenocidic said...
awesome!
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