Autistic kid cheats to get achievements, MS removes them.

[Erik_Twice]

I did hear about hist dirty xbox controller.

I'm such a bad person

[Flodder450]

Edit:

Im Autistic myself and well,he deserves it,he cheated,and he has to face the consequenses,no matter what you have,or what you are,

And I really appreciate your input. It adds another perspective to consider.

If you have any questions,dont be afraid to ask

[jfe2]

On a tangential note, everyone knows that the finest cinematic portrayal of autistic people and video games is the classic The Wizard. I love The Wizard...it's so bad.

If Jimmy in that movie used a Game Genie to boost his performance in Super Mario Bros 3 for that big tournament, should he have gotten his ass disqualified? You bet.

It was the archetypal 80s antagonist who sought unfair advantage with the Power Glove. However, whether the Power Glove actually does yield unfair advantage to whoever wears it is another point.

Anyway, throw me in with the people who think that one set of rules should apply to everyone.

Post of the year!

[Hobie-wan]

When an autistic person can not do something you can, often he is quickly tagged as "disabled". Some posters are now giving examples of an autistic person that can do something the poster can not do - so in the end why is the poster giving this exampled not receiving the label of "disabled"?

FWIW I was responding to the fact the guy was autistic and the fact disabled was mentioned in the thread already. Video rental guy I spoke about obviously acted a little different than most people, but he was amazing and it is cool that he found a way to use his talent.

[msimplay]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi ... He-Cheated

On one hand, the kid did cheat. On the other hand, he's autistic and they are just fucking achievements. You know things that have 0 real value. Your thoughts on the matter?

I don't think they have 0 value because if you look at the whole digital products thing they are all non tangible goods the value is in how it is perceived.
While I personally don't care about achievements at all.
I think the fact that achievements as an incentive to buy games and play them has been so successful that it was copied almost exactly by Sony with their trophy system.
With any big corporation I don't think they would do anything that would do anything that could directly affect their pocket ie Millions of disgruntled fans.

Zdenek was aware that her son gave his information to another player, but still paints her son in an innocent light. "I did warn him about this but seeing it wasn't a bank password or anything big, it's just a game we didn't worry about it too much and the boy just offered to give him Recon Armor, which he did," she said. She's given up on fighting Microsoft, and will likely take the company's offer of a free month of Xbox Live Gold and a new Gamertag for Jackson to start again

This really spoke out to me when I read the article the blame is going on Microsoft here but whose fault was it really ?
Even if the kid wasn't of sound mind which I don't really know because the article doesn't say but lets assume so was the mother not of sound mind also ?

Also if she considers it just a game why does it matter that the achievements have been taken away.
Shouldn't these be just achievements ?

Having taken everything into account I believe that Microsoft has done the best they could in this situation without being demonised in the process.
Ie You can't have the achievements because you cheated but by way of courtesy have a free months worth of Xbox Live.

My thoughts are in life there are no handouts if you are not capable of doing the job then you don't get the reward it's as simple as that harsh though it may be.

[GigaPepsiMan]

Autistic or not he cheated and he should get a slap on the hand because of it. I'm autistic and when people use it as an excuse for their short comings it drives me up the wall.

[Flodder450]

Autistic or not he cheated and he should get a slap on the hand because of it. I'm autistic and when people use it as an excuse for their short comings it drives me up the wall.

this.

[lisalover1]

Okay, the general consensus is that cheaters should be punished. I don't care if you have cancer, AIDS, Leukemia, and every other disease under the sun. A cheater is still a cheater. Because the achievements have no material value, it should be simple enough to take them away.

[D.D.D.]

Achievements: while I don't give a damn about them (nor Trophies), just going by definition they should be achieved, not gained by cheating. Will this lad feel achievement by just getting them via cheats? If so, more power to him in his illusions.
Regardless, they were gained by cheating so MS did what they should have done. Nothing else matters about this situation.

[msimplay]

Okay, the general consensus is that cheaters should be punished. I don't care if you have cancer, AIDS, Leukemia, and every other disease under the sun. A cheater is still a cheater. Because the achievements have no material value, it should be simple enough to take them away.

Yeah this 100%