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bosskev

and stay on topic.

being on topic, way to go microsoft, let those cheaters be known to those out there. i do hope however, that people will be able to appeal, just incase someone is miss identified.

skilled1

o_o thank god for PS3.

man in gauze is king ramses II, silly.

Also, I've noticed that once the initial grammar nazi unleashes their grammar fart, other innocent victim posters get caught up in the shock-waves, with all sorts of grammar pile ups and grammar road kill scattered mercilessly throughout the thread.

Basically, grammar correction is a bloody business, best left to trained professionals who own the highly-specialized safety equipment required for the mission. Which is why, aside from the Law that coincidentally bears my name, I tend to avoid these threads like the plague. And I never correct anyone ever! About anything! Except if they're about to spew chunks in a clean room housing the last living marsupial from an ancient alien civiliation that lacks antibodies to Earth's pathogens. Then I might say something.

frigg

Well, I'm usually better at creating disasters than fixing them, but I do try to help out when I can!

frigg

wilsonma29

@frigg: I know my grammar is poor. I'm not a grammarian nor do I care to be one. Mr_Human requested a source for Topcat's post and I tried my best to supply a few sources. The Wikipedia article is quite arcane so it probably wasn't much help. Since I couldn't provide a link to The Oxford English Grammar I did my best to summarise.

wilsonma29

Yes but the plural is used when it isn't gender specific. They could have used 'What happened to his/her game score

that seems rather rude and exclusionary towards hermaphrodites don't you think?

x23

Turael

Snicker

Then 360Voice.com and Old Spice teamed up again for a much much much larger Experience Challenge where there were tons of "challenges" going on and gave out tons of prizes from Microsoft Points to HD-DVD players (whoops) and also gave away tons of free Zunes by random to people playing the challenges.

So actually you can, at certain points, get prizes for ePenis scores!

But really though it's not about the number of the score, but rather having fun getting the actual achievements.

BonoMan

sonicwind

teh POD

@BonoMan: It is a bit odd to hate on achievements. I don't know the number off the top of my head, I know it's relatively low, and I don't care. I think it adds to the fun, and really I don't know if games today are suppossed to be fun or not. The only reason I can see to be neagtive is because someone wants that feature on their console of choice, so yeah, a jealosy thing.

Lizard_King

There is no meaning to it - it's just a number. You don't get extra prizes from Microsoft, you don't get discounts, there is no special meaning to them. It's just a number that increases as you play more.

But people would pay others to boost their gamerscores (seriously!), even buy crap games for the "easy points".

Worf

"As an Amish person (Mennonite, actually)"

So does that mean you're involved with that Mennonite Disaster Service?

Out2gtcha

As an Amish person (Mennonite, actually), I tend to live in the past.

Oh yeah... John Mayer here. :P

frigg

SigmundTheSeaMonster

Let's not start on the Oxford comma, boys. Keep it civil.

Incredible

Out2gtcha

"I will not address the second paragraph in Topcat's post because the thought of Microsoft and nut squeezing leaves me nauseous."

From Merriam-Webster:

nauseous

Main Entry:
nau·seous
\ˈnȯ-shəs, ˈnȯ-zē-əs\
Function:
adjective
Date:
1612

1 : causing nausea or disgust : nauseating
2 : affected with nausea or disgust
- nau·seous·ly adverb
- nau·seous·ness noun

usage: Those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only in sense 1 and that in sense 2 it is an error for nauseated are mistaken. Current evidence shows these facts: nauseous is most frequently used to mean physically affected with nausea, usually after a linking verb such as feel or become; figurative use is quite a bit less frequent. Use of nauseous in sense 1 is much more often figurative than literal, and this use appears to be losing ground to nauseating. Nauseated is used more widely than nauseous in sense 2.

I always preferred vocab to grammar. :-)

av8thor

Once again, the anti-grammar-Nazi internet dictum commonly referred to as "Frigg's Law" reaffirms its steely validity. (Any similarity between my own name and the so-called "Frigg's Law" is purely coincidental):
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"Frigg's Law:
 Anyone who corrects someone else's grammar on the internet has a greater than 90% chance of 1) being wrong, 2) including grammatical mistakes of their own in the text of the purported correction, or 3) being a dick. The more the grammar-corrector pursues their correction in a thread, the closer that percentage approaches 100%."

frigg

What's with all the Achievement hate? It's not like if you're playing against somebody in Rock Band it constantly pops up and reminds you of what they did in Halo 3. The only way to find that is if YOU actively go search it out (by using the "compare games" feature).

Achievements are a fun way of marking what you've done. If a game dev does them right they make nice little challenges to get and show off (for the harder ones).

Very very very few people REALLY care about their gamerscore or what achievements they have in relation to other folks. Those people are not the norm.

Most of us just like the added challenge they provide and, if you like pursuing them, they are a nice way to add longevity to games.

And really they aren't any different than a level boss if you think about it. It's simply another challenge in the game. So it's ok to have a level boss or side quest in a game, but if you do it and get achievement points it all of a sudden becomes juvenile? That doesn't make any sense.

BonoMan

Out2gtcha

Actually, I'm surprised I didnt get more people questioning the validity of transferring to PC since MS never made such devices.

Lizard_King

vote Obama

Back in my day we called the Nintendo Power hotline and paid $2/minute for one stinkin' secret character in NBA Jam. We earned our secrets, dangit!

Way

Joseph

deliciousburglar

vietiscool

Yes but the plural is used when it isn't gender specific. They could have used 'What happened to his/her game score

He/she has been caught cheating " but i think the other way is better.

Yeebles

Of course, if you don't trust Wikipedia then you can take a gander at The Oxford English Grammar under section 4.34 (Forms of personal, possessive, and reflexive pronouns). It is a far easier read for us mortals.

The word "they" is the 3rd person plural subjective personal pronoun and the word "their" is the 3rd person plural dependent possessive pronoun. Being plural, those words are gender-neutral and indeterminate in number. The strict definition is that the number of individuals must be two or more but I disagree as I will explain. However after centuries of use of these words in the singular gender-neutral form, it has become accepted practice.

I disagree with the strict definition because the situation is really no different than the case of the 2nd person singular and plural forms. The words "you" and "your" are used explicitly in both forms because they are gender-neutral and indeterminate in number. The only difference between the two forms is the use of "yourself" and "yourselves" for the reflexive pronouns. In fact, this difference was the reasoning behind the introduction of the world "themself" some years back as a parallel of "yourself".

English is a funny language.

I will not address the second paragraph in Topcat's post because the thought of Microsoft and nut squeezing leaves me nauseous.

(I apologise for any grammar errors but it is 2:30 AM and it's been a long day. LOL)

wilsonma29

PollockRoc

tutelary

Regardless, I still think the practice is somewhat lame. When was the last time you heard, "D00d, yer gamerscore is sooooo high!"

forcetrainer

@x40sw0n, I do marketing for a living. You slightly offended me by equating me to someone who masturbates constantly and someone who's a teenager. Only half of that is correct.

eddiesdguy

The whole scheme seems arbitrary and infantile to me; the kind of thing dreamed up by marketing people and masturbatory 13 year old boys.

And yes I am in fact equating people in marketing to hormone-driven teens. Their behavior certainly supports it.

x40sw0n

It's a good thing Microsoft never makes mistakes [just like those who convict sex offenders]...

ideaman2020

Thrillcekr

Mr_Human

aaj111

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

lafond66

SumGuy

Cheaters suck. And grammar-nazis suck, too.

AmbroseP

Your use of 'their' is incorrect, however. Microsoft wouldn't "get their nuts squeezed", rather "Microsoft employees should get their nuts squeezed". If, you know, they were wrong.
/Grammar tirade.

Topcat

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

jackfrost132

Gann

Ferg1

zincrox

mricyfire

CGrant

Kingteddybear

That would be an honor!

altus

I don't know how they detect cheating, but I hope I won't get flagged. I've grown attached to my profile, but even moreso to my achievement points.

Lizard_King

What happened to this person's Gamescore?
This gamer has been caught cheating.

Not all that tough.

bosskev

Soulxside

Mandatory_Field

rb4dv

Coolio911911