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Could somebody explain to me what achivment boosting is and how is it that ppl were or are getting banned ? and banned from what exactly halo ? or xbl ?

  • 08.24.2010 10:48 AM PDT

Posted by: ღMidnight Hawk2ღ
Everyone is entitled to their own wrong opinion.


I'm part of the Bungie.net Minecraft group/server called SeptaCrafters
We're a Bungie.net group that goes to our very own Bungie server. Most players are from the Halo community either off Bungie itself or through word to Halo friends.

Its like this...

You max out the party in whatever playlist and go into it, then everyone help everyone else get any achievement possible on that map instead of playing the game like they are suppose to.

Getting banned is more difficult being it takes a few games in a row (that i know of) to get banned. And i do believe they get banned from MM for a few a while.

  • 08.24.2010 10:56 AM PDT

what he said, but you get exp banned for 2 weeks if you get caught you can still play mm

  • 08.24.2010 11:23 AM PDT

ok , so say you and a buddy create 2 new xbl accounts , split screen it and get the vidmasters , can you get banned for that ?

  • 08.24.2010 11:58 AM PDT

no, but trust me it is way harder without 4 people actually playing.

  • 08.24.2010 12:04 PM PDT

Posted by: ღMidnight Hawk2ღ
Everyone is entitled to their own wrong opinion.


I'm part of the Bungie.net Minecraft group/server called SeptaCrafters
We're a Bungie.net group that goes to our very own Bungie server. Most players are from the Halo community either off Bungie itself or through word to Halo friends.

Posted by: Taylor3131
ok , so say you and a buddy create 2 new xbl accounts , split screen it and get the vidmasters , can you get banned for that ?


You can only have 2 people per xbox. so you only need to account with guests and do it. And its perfectly fine to do it that way, but if you want to do a vidmaster i suggest finding to other live people for it.

  • 08.24.2010 12:21 PM PDT


Posted by: Midnight Hawk2
Its like this...

You max out the party in whatever playlist and go into it, then everyone help everyone else get any achievement possible on that map instead of playing the game like they are suppose to.

Getting banned is more difficult being it takes a few games in a row (that i know of) to get banned. And i do believe they get banned from MM for a few a while.

Getting banned is harder than most people think because if you know what you are doing it is real easy to not get banned especially when exp boosting, but when it comes to achievement boosting it is a bit harder not to get banned.

  • 08.24.2010 12:26 PM PDT

i dont really care about the exp... why is it cheating tho to make a game with your friends and get the achivements.... seems kinda strange to me
me and a buddy played the campain on legondary and got all the skulls and the marathon man achivemennt and the way we did would probably be considerd boosting ?.... i dont know to me it sounds like bungie is saying get your achivements by accident .

  • 08.24.2010 12:33 PM PDT


Posted by: Taylor3131
i dont really care about the exp... why is it cheating tho to make a game with your friends and get the achivements.... seems kinda strange to me
me and a buddy played the campain on legondary and got all the skulls and the marathon man achivemennt and the way we did would probably be considerd boosting ?.... i dont know to me it sounds like bungie is saying get your achivements by accident .

It is boosting because you are controlling the end result of the game by using your friends to have you win or lose while in campaign it is meant to have friends help you complete the game.

  • 08.24.2010 12:42 PM PDT

ok so boosting in campaign is ok ! but not ok in the matchmaking mode , im asuming the mythic skulls are an exception...

  • 08.24.2010 12:45 PM PDT


Posted by: Taylor3131
ok so boosting in campaign is ok ! but not ok in the matchmaking mode , im asuming the mythic skulls are an exception...

It would probably better if I explained it this way. Any achievement that does not invole matchmaking you can get with friends and it isn't boosting because you are not affecting the matchmaking system in any way while boosting in matchmaking is affecting the results of the game and in turn that is cheating. So to answer your question you can get the mythic skulls with friends if you want to.

  • 08.24.2010 12:53 PM PDT

ok perfect thanks everybody , but xtra special thank you to what is this1 lol I appreciate it..... nothing would piss me off more then getting banned from mm and then no reach or something awefull like that..

  • 08.24.2010 12:55 PM PDT