I think I've found an Achievement cheater...

I was looking at a friend's party today and noticed an acquaintance of mine from the town we're from was a part of his party. I remember looking at his achievements maybe 2 weeks ago and he was below 10,000, maybe around 8,000? Can't remember the exact number... but I go on today to view his profile and he has 33,050. I am amazed so I go into his achievements and I see that every single game is maxed out for achievements... Games like Guitar Hero World Tour, DJ Hero, Rock Band 2, some Lego games, a lot of NHL games, Mass Effect 1. Some other sports games. Normally I would just think "Wow, this guy must have really been playing a lot lately! Good job on him."... 
 
But... One game which he 1000/1000'ed really caught my attention. GRAW. 
 
Now if you don't know, GRAW has 3 achievements which require you to climb to the top of the leaderboards in Single, Multi and Team player games. I'm talking #1 in the world for three different game types. 
 
Now I am thinking the guy cheated because I know him and he's not really that big of a gamer. There is no way he managed to do this. I have only played GRAW a few times and I know it's one of the hardest achievements attainable on the 360. I just didn't know that cheating on achievements was possible - is it? It seems really fishy to me.
 
What do you guys think? I'm not sure if I should give you his gamertag to show or not, it's just his achievements and it's open to the public on Xbox.com. Would that be allowed? 

Maybe he's just that good. Why you gotta sell the man short?

Yeah, that does sound kinda fishy

I thought I heard somewhere that M$ keep a look out for this sort of stuff, and ban appropriately, the same as inappropriate gamertags. It sounds pretty shady, anyway. I mean, judging by own progress, I'd say that I'd be lucky to find the time to go up by 1,000 a month, let alone 33,000, haha.

20,000 points in 2 weeks? It does seem a little strange sure, but maybe the guy doesn't have a life and plays Xbox games 24/7. On the other hand, those three achievements for GRAW ARE hard to get, I don't know from personal experience, but a friend of mine did tell me that it's hella hard to get 'em.
 
Dunno man, I mean as long as it isn't interfering with you and your gaming experience, I would just let it blow over.
 
Edit: I thought I was the second to post, but after reading that you personally know this guy, it would seem that he has cheated.

I seem to recall searching for a way to get that achievement in GRAW. It involves a lot of time and a temporary silver account or two. 
 
I guess that's cheating, but I wouldn't take issue with someone doing that when they made such a ridiculous achievement.

I don't understand the point in cheating to get achievements or to the top of a leaderboard.  You didn't accomplish anything.

The way you get those achievements is by getting a bunch of temporary accounts (Gold 1 months, basically) and I guess use those as stepping stones? Regardless, it takes weeks, if not months. If you think he doesn't play that much, or did this over time, then maybe you'll want to report him.

He's def cheating anyone would be lucky to get one of those 3 achievements let alone all of them. Plus I know from personal experience, I cheated to get a shit load of gamerscore once....... Then I had to buy a new 360.

Report him to the proper authorities.

Call the police.

Just for reference, here are the games he's completed: 
 
NHL 10 
Madden 10 
Gears of War 
DJ Hero 
L4D 
L4D2 
Lego Indiana Jones 
Kung Fu Panda 
Prizefighter 
GRAW 
Mass Effect 
GH: World Tour 
3 on 3 NHL 
Guitar Hero Metallica 
Rock Band 2 
NFS Carbon 
NBA Live 10 
MW2 (On his profile it says that the last time he played it was Nov. 12, the game came out the 13th didn't it?) 
WaW 
NHL 09 
NHL 08 
UFC 2009 
MLB 2K9 
NGA Live 09 
MLB 2K8 
Tiger Woods 09 
Monopoly 
Winter Sports 2 
MLB 2K7 
NHL 07 
NBA Live 08 
Test Drive Unlimited 
NBA Live 07 
 
A Lot of games to 1000 in 2-3 weeks. The dates are very suspicious too. 
 
I don't really care it's just that, well, I like getting my achievements and to see someone getting achievements by cheating is really dumb and doesn't make any sense to me. The reason I get my achievements is because they make the games longer, gives them something to work for besides the main storyline... but when you cheat, what's the point? E-peen length? 

" @Somadude: Numbers are the most important thing a man can own. Except maybe pride. "

" Just for reference, here are the games he's completed:  NHL 10 Madden 10 Gears of War DJ Hero L4D L4D2 Lego Indiana Jones Kung Fu Panda Prizefighter GRAW Mass Effect GH: World Tour 3 on 3 NHL Guitar Hero Metallica Rock Band 2 NFS Carbon NBA Live 10 MW2 (On his profile it says that the last time he played it was Nov. 12, the game came out the 13th didn't it?) WaW NHL 09 NHL 08 UFC 2009 MLB 2K9 NGA Live 09 MLB 2K8 Tiger Woods 09 Monopoly Winter Sports 2 MLB 2K7 NHL 07 NBA Live 08 Test Drive Unlimited NBA Live 07  A Lot of games to 1000 in 2-3 weeks. The dates are very suspicious too.  I don't really care it's just that, well, I like getting my achievements and to see someone getting achievements by cheating is really dumb and doesn't make any sense to me. The reason I get my achievements is because they make the games longer, gives them something to work for besides the main storyline... but when you cheat, what's the point? E-peen length?  "

cheating on achievements is relatively easy, anyone can do it. @themartyr said:

" I thought I heard somewhere that M$ keep a look out for this sort of stuff, and ban appropriately, the same as inappropriate gamertags. It sounds pretty shady, anyway. I mean, judging by own progress, I'd say that I'd be lucky to find the time to go up by 1,000 a month, let alone 33,000, haha. "

I don't even have 10k and I play videogames all fuckin day. Albeit most aren't on 360.

" @K0rN: Even still, 2 days to get all the achievements in MW2. Is that possible? "

he is very clearly in some illicit shit

How is there even any doubt?  He obviously cheated if he got all those in as little time as you say.

Why not just check what dates he earned those GRAW achievements?

" @xyzygy said:

" @K0rN: Even still, 2 days to get all the achievements in MW2. Is that possible? "

I don't know, it sounds pretty unlikely though. "

" 20,000 points in 2 weeks? It does seem a little strange sure, but maybe the guy doesn't have a life and plays Xbox games 24/7. On the other hand, those three achievements for GRAW ARE hard to get, I don't know from personal experience, but a friend of mine did tell me that it's hella hard to get 'em.  Dunno man, I mean as long as it isn't interfering with you and your gaming experience, I would just let it blow over.  Edit: I thought I was the second to post, but after reading that you personally know this guy, it would seem that he has cheated. "

" No he's cheating.  If all the games are maxed out like that they are cheating, it's how it's done. I'm not sure exactly how, but you connect it to your computer and you choose a game and then you get all the achievements for it.  Especially if he did it in that short a time. "

sounds kind of fishy. getting a couple thousand achievements in two weeks.

" @Aaox said:

" @Somadude: Numbers are the most important thing a man can own. Except maybe pride. "

Or a golden banana "

" @K0rN: Even still, 2 days to get all the achievements in MW2. Is that possible? "

it could be possible if he had like no life and no job i guess, maybe he had a lot of graw done to begin with and there's so few people playing it's an easy climb to the top of the leaderboards?

I have a guy on my friends list that did the same thing and he willingly admits it. From what I understand it's not hard to do at all.

Do you wanna go beat him up?

He should be hanged !

yeah unless he looks like hes about to die from exhaustion, theres no way he got 1000's in all those games in 2-3 weeks legitimately.

Better question is....who honestly gives a shit? Who cares if he artificially boosts a meaningless number?

" Better question is....who honestly gives a shit? Who cares if he artificially boosts a meaningless number? "

" @Stang said:

" Better question is....who honestly gives a shit? Who cares if he artificially boosts a meaningless number? "

His e-penis cares Stang. That's who. "

Find something better to worry about.

" Just for reference, here are the games he's completed:    

 NBA Live 07

I don't think some of you comprehend the gravity of this situation. This is no joke.

where's the sense in fake achievements?
 
the only thing they're worth in the first place is bragging rights, and you don't have the right to brag if you're a stupid cheater!

"He should be hanged ! "