Gilbert Arenas admits to Halo score boosting
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Oct 11th 2007 at 4:27PM }
Washington Wizards basketball star Gilbert Arenas has admitted to boosting ... his Halo score. Arenas confessed to The Washington Post that he has been boosting his Halo rank through fake social matches where he'll end up number one. Arenas says, "It's a glitch in the game. I seen some kids that were like 600s, they won 600 Halo games and we only had that game for two weeks. And all the kids go to school. So I'm like, 'What the hell you all doing?' And they said that's what they doing, two-on-two."Arenas' gamertag profile on Bungie.net tells the boosting tale in great detail. Just to be clear, this is only an artificial boost, since he was manipulating "social" rather than "ranked" matches. His skill rating hasn't improved. Sure, it's silly -- and damn funny -- that the NBA 2K lovin' Arenas (even though he's the NBA Live cover athlete) boosted his Halo score, but at least it shows he cares and worked for his "fake" rank.
[Thanks Andrew; via WashingtonPost]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sean @ Oct 11th 2007 4:32PM
And this is hilarious. What a goofball.
Grant @ Oct 11th 2007 4:35PM
it says his highest level is a 42, so obviously he can't be too bad.
but those custom matches are a wierd glitch, no one even scored a point in them and they last under a minute. to do that like 400 or 500 times.... you must really be trying to impress someone.
vidGuy @ Oct 11th 2007 4:50PM
Yeah, he just has his friends host a game, they quit and he wins. What a fricking waste of time.
hotnutz @ Oct 11th 2007 11:34PM
hmmm wonder what he is trying to compensate for?
Seraphim @ Oct 11th 2007 4:38PM
First time i read this i thought he was a reviewer and was admitting to boosting halo 3's metascore somehow.
Was I the only one?
finnith @ Oct 11th 2007 4:54PM
Nope
Ska Oreo @ Oct 11th 2007 5:02PM
same here. I almost didn't go into this thread cause I knew all the Halo haters(retards) were going to be total assholes.
But anyways, SHAME ON YOU!!!! If MJ could see you know, he would look away in disgrace.
Pooted @ Oct 11th 2007 10:39PM
Do you mean the same Michael Jordan who will do anything to win? He's applaud this I'm sure, especially after all of his silly gambling stories like the following.
At an airport, he bet them his luggage would come out before anyone else's luggage. Everyone agreed. He won. He had bribed the luggage handlers.
link
hotnutz @ Oct 11th 2007 11:34PM
what finnith said...
rask @ Oct 11th 2007 4:53PM
I fail to really care about this...
Tristan @ Oct 11th 2007 4:59PM
That's because you don't understand the dominance-in-man-form that is Gilbert Arenas.
krazy @ Oct 11th 2007 5:06PM
and we care why?!
Durandel @ Oct 11th 2007 5:08PM
I heard that some of the kids' levels were over nine thousaaaaaand!
Ska Oreo @ Oct 11th 2007 5:10PM
....
Ok ok, it's kinda getting old now.
Durandel @ Oct 11th 2007 5:12PM
Oh, sorry Vegeta.
Grant @ Oct 11th 2007 8:51PM
Speaking of things that got old a long time ago...
zhine @ Oct 11th 2007 5:14PM
How do you people not know Gilbert Arenas? Have a little bit of awareness outside of the video game realm...
Burritoclock @ Oct 11th 2007 5:37PM
You can know who he is and still find this to be a non-story. I found it a little interesting, but I can see where someone would not care.
tcc3 @ Oct 11th 2007 5:38PM
Because the only thing more useless than esoteric video game knowledge, is esoteric sports knowledge.
CaptNink @ Oct 11th 2007 5:22PM
I think that's frickin' hilarious!
Grindstone @ Oct 11th 2007 10:55PM
Yeah, too bad he can't boost his career stats... oh well.
DangerMouse @ Oct 11th 2007 5:25PM
SON OF A BITCH.
Imadogg @ Oct 11th 2007 5:28PM
Gilbert Arenas is the most fun/funniest man in Basketball right now. He's on the top of my list of NBAers I wanna meet.
Stop cheating Gil!
Leobebes @ Oct 11th 2007 5:38PM
For all you non sports fans out there, let me put it to you this way. It's like if Golgo 13 or Pikachu came out and said they fake ranked their halo profile. I really do not understand dudes who don't follow sports, and then dudes who put you down because you follow sports. You know that you are the exception to the rule if you don't follow professional sports right? You do realize that by not following professional sports or having a feigning interest in professional sports that it does not make you a rebel or cool? Following professional sports or at least participating in a sport makes you a well rounded person culturally and intellectually. Gilbert Arenas is living proof that you can be a gamer and a jock at the same time.
Corbo @ Oct 11th 2007 5:58PM
So... you're putting down people who don't follow sports because some of them put down people who do follow sports? Seems a little hypocritical
And just because people don't know who Gilbert Arenas is doesn't mean they don't follow pro sports. It just means that they don't follow American basketball, which is an entirely different thing.
MasterInsan0 @ Oct 11th 2007 6:01PM
There's nothing wrong with following professional sports, but it's far from as normal as you seem to believe. At least, to the degree you're suggesting.
Also, following sports or even participating in sports does not make you a "well rounded" person, it makes you a person that likes sports. There are no "well rounded" people, because to be well-rounded you have to like everything, or at least fake liking everything, and this is impossible. At the very least, it makes you a culture whore.
One more thing: "I really do not understand dudes who don't follow sports." So you believe that all people should enjoy watching other people play a game? Or reading about the scores from their game? Or listening to other dudes on HBO/FOX/whatever talk about their game?
I really don't understand people who give a flying fuck what a bunch of uniformed, overpaid ball-dribblers do.
See, it works both ways =P.
Leobebes @ Oct 11th 2007 6:18PM
Following professional sports is indeed a sign of a well rounded individual. I learned a lot about what African Americans went thought due to Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, following the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB 's economic structure really teaches a lot about regulated free markets and laise-faire free markets, following stats and running a fantasy team to the top does have its incentives. I must have worded it wrong when I said I don't understand dudes who don't follow sports, but what I should have said is I don't understand dudes who put down those who follow professional sports because there is an inherent nerdiness about following sports or participating in them.
GRANTED @ Oct 11th 2007 6:05PM
agent 0 is the reason i am proud to live in DC. hes the man, even if he said he could drop 80 on duke by himself.
Lianne @ Oct 11th 2007 6:05PM
Is he speaking English in that quote?
Brian Fantana @ Oct 11th 2007 6:17PM
That is some funny shit. His highest rank is 42? He's not that bad then. Who cares if you boost your Exp. That doesnt make you loog goo, it just looks like you play alot.
jayeffaar @ Oct 11th 2007 6:45PM
That's precisely why Bungie split up the very visible rank and the less-visible skill level for every playlist. Since people are going to cheat anyway, they wanted them to focus on the Rank (even making easy to boost, since you can rank up in the social games), and ignore the skill levels, which really matter for matching people of similar skill together.
The system is working, it seems.
Martin @ Oct 11th 2007 6:55PM
Heard a Gilbert Arenas interview on the Jim Rome show. Arenas says he plays video game 10-12 hours a day and sleeps only 3 hours a night! Don't know how he does it...
Grant @ Oct 11th 2007 8:52PM
meth.
TrojanGuy @ Oct 11th 2007 9:11PM
lol what's the point? EXP doesn't determine who you get matched up against. Only rating does. All it really does is give him a different rank, which is pretty much purely cosmetic.
Thomas Klovert @ Oct 16th 2007 6:12PM
Are you sure about that? I never play Tactical, and when I started I only played against Low level captains and lieutenants
mikelimtw @ Oct 16th 2007 3:56AM
I'd have to question if Gilbert is indeed a real 42 in Halo 3 in light of the fact that there are many instances showing that he was playing Halo 3 when he was supposed to be at an NBA match.
What does this mean? To me, it shows that someone willing to boost to get higher experience is also willing to let others play using his gamertag to get a higher rank. And if that's the case, he should be banned from XBL and Bungie.net since these infractions are clearly against the rules.
Gilbert you suck. You suck as an NBA player, you suck as a role model, and you suck as a human being.
Thomas Klovert @ Oct 16th 2007 6:09PM
Leobebes- You know how I learned about all of those things... school... and the news...
Sports (especially the NBA) suck... and i bet 90% of the world has never heard of Gilbert Arenas... myself included
bigwes32 is my gamertag @ Nov 2nd 2007 3:34PM
I think its funny because when you know gilbert arenas like me cause im a biggggggg wizards fan you will chuckle and say thats gilbert for ya GILBERT IF YOUR READING THIS ADD ME ON XBOXLIVE IM A BIG FANNN OF YOURS PLZ PLZ gamertag-bigwes32
Kisha @ Jan 5th 2008 8:28PM
I really am a BIG BIG Gilbert Arenas fan---and I am really plan on meeting him one day. But anyway, to be honest being a Agent Zero fan has taught me to appreciate the game of basketball. I just wanted to wish my Boo a Happy 26th Birthday on 01/06/2008.