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Thu Jan-27-11 01:12 PM Original message |
Autistic Boy Labeled "Cheater" By Microsoft, Has Gamerscore Deleted |
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The Backlash Cometh
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. All men are created equally, except... |
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qb
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. WTF with the Scarlet Letter bullshit? Hey Microsoft... it's only a game! |
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Egnever
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Part of that game is earning acheivements |
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qb
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I'm not a gamer, but I can see your point. My main beef is with the "cheater" label. |
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BoWanZi
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. If someone is a cheater, they should be branded as such as a warning to other players |
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qb
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Kind of like adulterers, I guess... |
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Demstud
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I agree, but there should be an exception in this case |
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Codeine
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. If you cheat you're a cheater, |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Autism doesn't render a person incapable of cheating. |
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Egnever
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. SO? |
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Recursion
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. If he can master a game in 3-4 days |
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Angry Dragon
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Perhaps microsoft should fly the mother and her son |
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HereSince1628
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Achievements were illegitimately modified |
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Demstud
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I'll explain |
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HereSince1628
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. thanx |
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bluestate10
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Sounds like Microsoft need spend time figuring out encryption faults in the game's |
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Lance_Boyle
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. or he knows how to use google to find cheats |
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Lucian
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Everyone cheats. |
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Codeine
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Exactly. |
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bluestate10
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. The child should not be able to break the code of the game. |
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Lucian
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Thu Jan-27-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. But the kid did break the code, and thus, cheated. |
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npk
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Fri Jan-28-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
67. Right. People also shouldn't rob banks |
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bleever
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Bill Gates labeled 'Cheater' in Anti-trust Ruling, Has Fortune Deleted" |
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Generic Other
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. +100 |
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JVS
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Thu Jan-27-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. That would be awesome. |
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Yavin4
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Given How Gates Cheated to Create M$, You'd Think They'd Hire The Kid |
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stockholmer
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. congrats MS, way to alienate an exponentially increasing (autistic children) potential client base |
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negativenihil
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. C'mon, |
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Nihil
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. It's educational: "Hey autistic kid: learn to play by the rules." |
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negativenihil
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'd be willing to bet |
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dionysus
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. like camping out on a respawn point? |
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ElboRuum
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Dunno, is that cheating or just being a dick? |
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dionysus
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. my online days for shooters ended in the early 2000s, i am only vaguley familiar |
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ElboRuum
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Aimbots, just to name one. |
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Codeine
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. As much as I hate campers and griefers like that, |
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negativenihil
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. no no |
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dionysus
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. jesus christ, i am a dinosaur... they last online shooter i played was the original unreal. |
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Starbucks Anarchist
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Thu Jan-27-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. I always place claymores in those areas and wait for the sound. |
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meow mix
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Thu Jan-27-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. cheating is a serious issue, it can ruin a game for a million people |
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Nuclear Unicorn
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Maybe a few more days to see what shakes loose |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Playing video games is his only social interaction?? |
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Demstud
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Doesn't have to be social |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. If he's as autistic as Mom claims then surely he'd be in special ed |
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earth mom
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Thu Jan-27-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. You obviously know very little about autism & social interaction to make a statement like that. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Jan-27-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. I know plenty about autism. Thanks. |
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Pithlet
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Thu Jan-27-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Sure you do. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Jan-27-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Oh please. Say more. |
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Ilsa
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Thu Jan-27-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Social interactions might be a goal, but he doesn't necessarily need to be in Sp Ed. nt |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Jan-27-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. If he's severely autistic, he's in sped |
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Ilsa
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Thu Jan-27-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Yes, if "severe". I don't always trust how parents characterize their child |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Jan-27-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. True. |
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Johonny
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. can't believe they care enough to label people cheaters |
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bluestate10
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Too difficult to build robust games, so Microsoft takes the easy way out. nt. |
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Confusious
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Fri Jan-28-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
71. While I don't want to, because microsoft sucks |
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Nihil
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Maybe they care more about the majority ... |
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Arkana
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. As an avid gamer, I will tell you that it's probably a generational thing |
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Confusious
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Fri Jan-28-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
69. It's the cheating |
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Odin2005
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. What a bunch of assholes! |
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MadBadger
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. Its one thing to make his score zero, but to label him a cheater? What is this, elementary school? |
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Nihil
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. Do you think they "special case"d him? |
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MadBadger
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Fri Jan-28-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. It doesnt matter if he was autistic or not. Its ridiculous to label anybody a cheater |
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Confusious
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Fri Jan-28-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Why? Don't want to hurt their ego or something? |
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earth mom
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Thu Jan-27-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. Microsoft and Bill Gates SUCK! I hope the bad press from this b.s. bites them in the a$$! |
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dogday
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Thu Jan-27-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. My sister is a 51 year old adult Autistic female. She taps over and over |
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Teaser
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. stimming |
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mistertrickster
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Fri Jan-28-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. On edit--nevermind . . . question answered above. MS sounds like they caught |
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Arkana
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. They can't prove he cheated, and there are no known cheat devices |
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Nihil
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Bollocks. There are plenty. |
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Arkana
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. If he was older than 18 or had a credit card, then yeah, probably. |
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Nihil
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Ok .. so now we've gone from "there are no known cheat devices" to admitting the truth. |
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Arkana
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Sat Jan-29-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Again: He's 11 and autistic. |
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LisaL
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Sat Jan-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. His mother admits he gave his Gamertag to someone else. |
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Teaser
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. "She assured Julias she could fix the mistake by talking to Microsoft" |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Sat Jan-29-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
72. Update: Mom admits son gave his information to a fellow gamer online |
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