Cheat on achievements, you didn't achieve nothin

I saw this on the blog of Xbox Live's Major Nelson

I wanted to follow up and let you know where we are on the post I made a few months ago on Gamesave Tampering. Today we took action on some of the accounts we have identified as the most serious offenders who have violated the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use by tampering with their Gamerscore and Achievements.
The steps today takes the form of the following:

• Resetting the entire Gamerscore for an account to zero

• The account will be unable to regain all previously obtained achievements and Gamerscore, however, the players will have the ability to gain future Achievements by earning them fairly, like the majority of the Xbox LIVE community does.

• The account will be clearly labeled as a cheater for the community to view on xbox.com. You can see an example here. In dash, the personal view of the gamercard will be labeled as well. Xbox LIVE remains committed to keeping the service free of cheating in order to maintain a fair and level playing field for everyone. To read more about Gamerscore corrections read the FAQ on Xbox.com.

According to ExtremeTech, one of the higher profile gamers to be hit with this is StripClubDj, who was on top of a lot of leaderboards.

OUCH!!!!!

Madden Championship Rings

Even though I do not completely agree with the way the article reads, Kotaku has a few details about one of the new acheivements in Madden 08. It seems now that once you win championships and achieve certian achievements, you progress through 5 different levels. Once you achieve level 3 you can order a ring from Jostens, who has designed most of the actual Super Bowl rings. You'd think a website that promotes video games would embrace this, but they say dismiss it saying that "Which, unlike a real Super Bowl ring, which is earned, is showcasing only your ability at an electronic football game (and propensity for wasting up to $495 of real money)." I have to disagree completely. There is a Madden Bowl every year. There are tournaments in every city. There are sever cyber gaming leagues. Plus what about people that would just like a ring that professes their team spirit. I don't think that I would ever order one, mainly because I rarely wear jewelry.

I think it's a pretty cool idea of having something tangible to chronicle your accomplishments, all the while showing your team pride.

Read the article here.

And lets hear your opinion on the subject