Nerd Alert: Crackdown on Your Xbox LIVE Account
October 28, 2007 11:40 pm Xbox 360Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson is cracking the proverbial whip on all Xbox LIVE users. His message: Show some pride in your Achievements, or face the wrath of Microsoft.
Translation: If you let someone else use your account info (i.e. share it) and this person drives up your score, then Microsoft will cancel your account.
Cancelled, as in, it’s gone for good. Finito. Game over. Thanks for playing, but you’re dead now. You’ll no longer be able to register AmazingGamer300, it’ll be lost to the ether.
In his same rant on why sharing your account is bad, he also goes into why tampering with your Achievements sans playing the actual game is bad. Why? ‘Cause if you do it, they’re gonna remove your account, same as they do with sharing.
His final message? “The best way to increase your Gamerscore or gain that Achievement is to earn it like a real gamer; play the game.”
That’s right boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, take some pride in your Achievements and don’t let someone else get them for you. ‘Cause if you do, then you won’t have any nerd bragging rights left for your friends.