You won’t be surprised to learn that Microsoft is coming down hard on gamers who cheated to get a higher Gamerscore. Alleged cheaters will have their Gamerscore set to zero, and will lose the ability to earn previously gained achievements.
But according to Major Nelson, there’s more. Now your Gamercard will brand you as a cheater in front of the entire XBL community.
I suppose that’s better than losing your account — or is it? I assume a lot of people will create new accounts rather than wear the Scarlett Letter. Other cheaters will probably wear it as a badge of honor.
Here’s what it looks like.
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Be sure to read part one!
5. Cheating in EVE Online
Within the world of EVE Online, it’s perfectly acceptable to lie, cheat and steal. So why cheat in the game itself? Continued…
The skofflaws at IGN have discovered how to cheat at Eye of Judgment, SCE Japan’s new turn-based collectible card + video game mash-up for the PlayStation 3.
Players purchase and collect battle cards, which are then scanned in using the PlayStation Eye camera peripheral. But IGN reports a fatal flaw: the Eye can’t tell the difference between a real card and a color copy.
As a result, sneaky online players will be able to download a torrent of every single card and stack their deck the way they want. Continued…
When he’s not yelling “hibachi” and dropping three-balls, Gilbert Arenas spends a lot of time playing Halo – and boosting his Xbox LIVE stats using a glitch.
Using multiple XBL accounts, he and a friend will start a social game of Halo 3. After they enter, Gil and his friend eliminate the dummy players and use the remaining rounds to boost their own experience points.
When quizzed by D.C Sports Bog writer Dan Steinberg, Arenas owned up to the whole sordid ordeal, saying:
I mean, who is it hurting? It’s two dummy players playing against each other. It’s not messing with anybody. I have my friend, it’ll be him and his fake friend, me and my fake friend, we’ll take turns losing back and forth. There’s nobody involved. I can see if we were playing against other people, [but] it’s not ranked games, it’s social games. So that’s the messed-up part. You can win things off of social, when you shouldn’t [be allowed] to. All you have to do is do what we’re doing. I guarantee everybody’s doing it. I mean, how would they know anyway?
Gilbert is a member of Final Boss, the Major League Gaming Halo team that has won innumerable championships. I’m pretty sure he’s just an honorary member, though, and won’t be seeing action on the MLG circuit any time soon.
Read: Is Gilbert Cheating at Halo?
An attorney whose Second Life account was shut down due to cheating allegations is suing publisher Linden Labs for $8,000 in restitution. The lawsuit, filed in 2006, is finally getting underway this week.
Marc Bragg claims he found a legitimate way to purchase land in Second Life far below market rates. Linden called the technique cheating, and terminated the account as a EULA violation. Bragg lost real estate and currency.
Bragg v. Linden Research charges that Linden “breached an auction contract by allowing the land to auction, accepting online payment, and then suspending plaintiff’s account.” Continued…
