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Confessions Of An Xbox 360 Gamerscore Cheater

Meet Aaron "coldraccoon" Mesec, an 18-year-old Xbox 360 owner from Murrieta, California. He's a gamerscore cheater.

He's a former cheater - or so he now claims to MTV Multiplayer.

Mesec was one of the gamers caught during Microsoft's attempt last week to reign in gamerscore cheaters. Microsoft won't say how many people have, like Mesec, been branded with a "Cheater" tag, had their questionable Achievements stripped and their gamescores re-set. But MTV Multiplayer heard that the number of users whose gamerscores were reset wasn't more than a few handfuls. The punishment is meant as a message to others.

And it appears to have worked on Mesec. "The cheating days are over for me. I just want to kick back and enjoy gaming again," he told MTV Multiplayer over the weekend.
TnS - supercontributor
Published: 637 days 16 hours ago | Interview | Xbox 360
 
 

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1 marionz | 637 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
1.1 Clinton514 | 637 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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ry-guy - 637 days 14 hours ago
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While I will agree there are other parts of the Xbox that should have more focus on it (hardware being the number one with nearly everyone), this is the first time we've seen them actively pursue gamescore cheaters.

This was done by the Live division and not the Hardware division. I'm glad at least someone in there is doing something productive.
2 Fux4Bux | 637 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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XephyrNesion - 637 days 14 hours ago
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Murrieta, California? Dang. I best put my head down in shame =[
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Agent-X - 637 days 14 hours ago
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stop cheating!
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Douchebaggery - 637 days 7 hours ago
5 - No need for MS to crack down on cheaters.
If you cheat to improve your gamerscore, your sad pathetic life is punishment enough.
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SL1M DADDY - 637 days 3 hours ago
6 - Cheating is pathetic.
But so are witch hunts for those that cheat at something that means nothing IMHO.

Thanks MS for cracking down on the cheaters when you could have been pouring more resources into fixing your crippled console.
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