""CounterStrike" is widely popular in India; but by no means is it all 'fair play'. If anything, the game's seen a surge in the number of 'hackers' -- that one word given to all those who use cheat software to play good when they can't even 'pwn' a child in a fair manner.
In turn, truly fair players (if at all they exist) and server administrators have been driven sick and tired by the antics of these 'hackers'. Maybe, just maybe, Valve can take a leaf out of what Xbox Live is doing...
Last year itself, Xbox had issued warning to players who stole identities and tampered with achievements. Taking this a step further, Microsoft yesterday took action against those found guilty of 'bumping up' their Gamerscores and achievements.
Several accounts were affected adversely. Punishments meted out ranged from resetting of Gamerscores to public shaming to permanent banning or all of these. Microsoft has listed all cheaters in a public hall of shame at http://xboxlivecheaters.com/. The list is being regularly updated as more and more cheaters get added on to it."
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Microsoft_Cracks_Down_on_Game_Cheats/551-87968-585.html
I commend Microsoft for this. They're bringing their awareness down to the gaming level and I'm sure they will be rewarded with it in the future. Everyone hates a cheater and I know a couple of gaming freaks personally and they're passionate about video games so I'm sure the video game culture is praising Microsoft for this act.
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