Some have probably already seen this, but didn't see it posted here and only found out about it today.

From a gamestop article



Pretty sad when someone that's already a star and famous has to go and cheat to get a better status at a video game.


Also, from BUNGIE.NET weekly news update for anyone that wants to boost.

I actually read this a few days after it popped up on the Bungie.net forums... I had no idea it got any real news coverage...

tens of thousands of halo 3 players boost.... I guess because the guy is famous people are interested in it.

I suppose as a someone who plays a game/sport professionally and someone who sponsors a professional Halo 2 team he should be held to a higher standard but meh... I don't even know who this guy is and I couldn't possibly care less about it

saw this on bungie.net a couple of weeks ago,
all these people can boost all they like, but as soon as the big guns get to the top ranks all the boosters are gonna be dropping ranks a helluva lot fasta then they got there in the first place

I think they are boosting to get the EXP points not, the ranks in games. I think they are doing it to get up to Major ranks and Brigadiers and Generals. I have played with some really shitty people that were Majors and up. So you would think playing so much they would be good, but they arent.

I actually thought about the possible loop holes and how you could EXP cheat, but then its like i'd rather go pwn some n00bs in rumble pit to get the EXP rather than cheating which probably takes longer anyways... i have some friends that are real shit thought, like only 30 EXP playing maybe couple hours a day since launch i spose theyre the kindve people who would cheat. But even then its still like how low are you?

Why does it matter that some random basketball player was cheating at Halo? I know lots of people that "cheat" at Halo, where in reality they are just trying to get to a point where the game is fun. Simply put, in the lower levels of Halo 3's matchmaking system, the system is broken. Anyone under a level in the low 20's probably isn't there because they generally suck at Halo, it's because they havent played enough games in that particular playlist to show their true Rank. Case in point: I played a game of halo the other night, dont remember the playlist, and all of our opponents were levels varying between 12 and 15. We got completely schooled. It was no contest, these guys were awesome. I checked their service record after the game, and they were all level 49's!! By ranking up to your "true" rank as quickly as possible, you avoid annoying games like this and get to have fun with groups among your own skill level.
My proposed solution to deter people from boosting (although admittedly, this will do nothing against the idiots trying to make their E-penis bigger) is to make a slight change to matchmaking, where no matter the playlist, every single rank would be half of your rank in your best playlist, rounded down to take odd numbers into account. This way everyone is significantly closer to their true skill level right from the get go, so statistically speaking, your chances of getting into a game with a bunch of Halo robots is much lower than before.

Also, on the topic of cheating, people that whine because someone used the language glitch to get the Acheivements really fast need to get a new hobby. I'll be the first to admit that I was one of the people in the chinese room getting the acheivements as fast as possible. I'll also admit that I felt bad doing it.
One of the big features that I was looking forward to for Halo 3 was getting all of the acheivements. When I found out that the acheivements were fairly easy to get, I was a little annoyed. Earning acheivements is supposed to give you that feeling of accomplishment, instead they ended up being sort of a chore. I then found out 90% of the acheivements could only be unlocked in ranked Rumble Pit and became downright disapointed. Honestly though, who plays Runble Pit? I play halo to socialize with my freinds that went to different schools, and rumble pit doesn't allow me to do this. If I didn't have anyone else to play Halo with, I'd go outside or do some asignments or something.... You can't even talk to people during the matches. If the group of people shooting each other aren't all on the same couch as you, free for all just isn't any fun.
So now I have two conflicting desires: the desire to get acheivements, and the desire to avoid Rumble Pit at all costs. All I had to do was go in the chinese room and get all the acheivements in 3 games. Problem Solved.
Sorry Bungie, FFA acheives were a terrible Idea.


sorry for the rant