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O.K. here is my issue. ive gotten the expierience ban i think mayby thursday or friday. Yes i partied up with folks i met who were also trying to get the new achievements. The way i understand it Bungie (as stated in SketchFactor's sticky FAQ ) and Microsoft donot ban people for Achievment trading or boosting , as long as you are physically playing the game and not doing save file swaps. The problem seems to be is when the partied group will fill the room with guests as to have a more private room, which was the case in my scenario. The party would then continue through matchmaking to get the requiered map and gametype for the achievement. If the needed game would not come up (even after a veto) then the partied players would play as normal, let one player quikly get kills so as to quikly end the match and move on ,or generally goof off till time ran out thus the group would get EXP as a side effect wether wanting it or not.
Now me personally, i dont really care about rank and especially about EXP. What am i to gain from EXP boosting, to become a strike commander? oh wowee.
If you whent through my game history you would see about 1800 games played since 9/25/07 and no cheating or boosting except fo one lonewolves match in november fo a overkill achievement and the recent games after the update, maby about 25 games ,mainly trying to get a oddball game. But you know what? i had a really fun time doing it and meeting some cool folks and eventually my Wife and 3 year old daughter joind in the games as my guests.
Now you may ask, if i dont care about EXP then why am i so upset? Well i dont like the feeling of being branded a rank booster, Many people are being banned for the same scenario i imagine, and untill i found this sticky BUNGIE's attitude seemed to be rather aloft and taunting.
Im not sure how this problem can be fixed because im sure folks are going to boost for the other achievements when the new map pack is released. Maby when you have guests when achievement boosting , have the guests win the match, or remove all that players expierience earned from that playlist if caught boosting.
Anyway thank you for letting me get this off my chest. I still love Halo, i'm not mad just a little irritated and concerned. Now i,ll take a deep breath and be cool.
love, IYCON
[Edited on 09.29.2008 1:11 PM PDT]