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Want all achievements in Left 4 Dead? Buy them! photo

Yes, that's right, someone is offering their achievement whoring services on eBay. Lucky patrons of this amazing deal will get to pay a total stranger to play games instead of them doing all that hard work. What a bargain!

eBay seller "gamertagz" is offering the full 1000 gamerpoints in Left 4 Dead, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and The Orange Box. You will of course have to give this total stranger access to your Gamertag and Windows Live ID. He will then unlock all achievements within an hour, he claims.

I also love the disclaimer: "Again you are simply paying for my time anything that happens during that time is coincidental." That just sounds sinister. Like he's going to mug, rape and kill some old lady but you'll be responsible because you're paying him to do it. Or something.

The sad thing is, someone has actually placed a bid on the Left 4 Dead one. Somebody out there is willing to pay cash, however small the amount, so that a guy on the Internet can play videogames for them. This is the world we live in.


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45 comments | showing # 1 to 45

grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:41
grafkhun
I really don't know what to say... but, how can you get the 50.000 zombie kills achievement in one hour? that's not even... comprehensible?
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:41
pendelton21
Jesus...I'm not sure I should be surprised by this. It was only a matter of time...
Roryzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:43
Roryzilla
Collective sighs.
KratosX's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:45
KratosX
wow... just...wow
mr moustache's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:45
mr moustache
ooohoohooh
and these are the hands we're givin
ooohoohooh
Ninja In Distress's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:47
Ninja In Distress
I'm not going to sit here and say I haven't farmed achievements. I think some achievements are just stupid(like splatter with Mongoose which has a 0.00001% chance of ever happening due to speed/health), so I farmed a few of those achievements to get my 1000/1000 for Halo 3. Hell, I farmed for half the achievements for Pyro/Heavy to get their new weapons quick. But there has to be a line. Actually paying money for someone to play the game for you...thats reallly fucking sad.
nicojay's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:48
nicojay
Well that's that taken care of. Now I just need to pay someone to service my girlfriend.
austenw's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:48
austenw
This sounds like gamer prostitution to me. It's just... dirty.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:48
Shin Oni
I LAWL at this.. I still do.

I don't understand why you'd want to do this for many reasons. Besides, you can't get all the achievements in under an hour. Can't do that alone with the orange box.

shady, ebay shady.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:53
ZServ
He'll probably just use gamesaves, meaning your gamertag'll be banned on the next wave.
Funky Goodness's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:54
Funky Goodness
Not like it's much different from the WoWfags.
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:54
njsykora
Getting the 1000 is impossible in an hour. For starters completing all 4 campaigns on Expert will take at least 4 hours.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:54
Face
lol Windows live.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:55
Holyetheline
Wow that's so lame.
SetoChaos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:56
SetoChaos
Gamesavers SUCK! I bet that they are using external tools to unlock the achievement, or at least some glitch. They ruin the achievement system. I'm am achievement whore and I wish these idiots would just stop. This has been happening for a while, just before it wasn't recent games.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:58
RAB
mugging raping and killing old ladys?

who does this guy think he is, CHAD?
Loogibot's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 15:58
Loogibot
I swore I heard a wooshing sound when I read this. Possibly the morality and logic escaping the idiot's head. Or maybe the collective facepalm's from people reading this.
Wootex's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 16:02
Wootex
I enjoy the way the auction has a $4.00 shipping cost.
OrangeMango's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 16:09
OrangeMango
Would you follow a convicted rapist into a dark alley? I hope not.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 16:10
eternalplayer2345
I hope they both get achievement mono
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 16:12
ArrestedDeveloper
This is shadier than an oak tree at high noon.
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 16:12
Xhumation
if your too lazy to actually play the games you own and are willing to pay a guy to unlock something as abstract as archievement point.

Please proceed to stop gaming altogether!
pezking6983's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 16:14
pezking6983
Yeah he is definitely game saving and will get you banned from XBL so I suggest not bidding on that shit.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 16:24
BahamutZero
thanks for promoting my service Jim, the check is in the mail. check out my other auctions.

- I will urinate for you in situations where bathrooms are unavailable

- I will satisfy your wife and/or girlfriend for a nominal fee

- I will go skydiving and report back how fun it was for under $2000
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 16:25
Mxyzptlk
Anybody stupid enough to fall for this is going to get exactly what they deserve.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 17:24
Dexter345
The funny thing is, he's going to cheat to get all of the Achievements (only way you could do it in an hour), so if Microsoft gets wind of this, they'll just erase the Achievements and label the Gamertag as a cheater anyway.
Ascythopicism's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 17:38
Ascythopicism
My gut tells me that somewhere in the contract we all must agree to before joining LIVE it mentions something about "one gamertag per person."
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 17:44
MechaMonkey
If anyone is ever forced to sleep with Natalie Portman, fear not. For a nominal fee, I will be happy to do it for you. You can say it was you, and no one will ever be the wiser.
Solgrim's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 18:18
Solgrim
No thanks. I dont want my account banned, because a guy hacked the achievments.
prawn's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 18:44
prawn
Sad story :(
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 18:53
TrailerParkJesus
Yeah this is pretty much grounds for MS to wipe clean your achievement points and get branded as a cheater. So go for it.
Nik565's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 19:49
Nik565
I love getting achievements and all that, but damn. All the fun in achievements is earning them. Getting bragging rights is what you'd call an "added perk". I don't understand why someone would want to actually pay someone for this.
Audiohol 4m33s's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 20:04
Audiohol 4m33s
Looks like there are smart people in the world after all. I just checked the bidding page about 5 minutes before it closed and no one was stupid enough to place a single bid.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 20:12
mix
Sweet, the things people will do.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 20:26
Dan CiTi
Gamerscore is all that matters

@TrailerParkJesus
If this guy cheats to do so, then yes.
Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 20:53
Sam Spectre
This isn't news. People have been paying other people to play WoW for them for ages now.
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:12
MissHinasaki
O_O I've played the game for only about 2 hours and I already have half the achievements. And I don't even own the game!

Also, is there a way to check and see the total amount of zombies you have killed?
TewDee's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:16
TewDee
Anyone who pays for this should feel sad and ashamed, and turn in their gaming balls into the nearest vendor.
Edarios's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 22:41
Edarios
nothing different than paying people to level your WoW characters.
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 00:56
ChronosWing
@MotoRobo

Achievements add replay value to games that otherwise have none. They keep you playing the game over and over again to get that next achievement until you've completed them all. It's a way to get your money's worth especially on short 6 hour games but will probably take you a week to get all the achievements in.
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 04:53
TheToiletDuck
When you break it down it's not much different to SingStirling. Except for the the whole charity thing.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 13:30
Sharpless
The achievements in this game are not that hard. This is incredibly stupid.
sukk1e's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2009 10:26
sukk1e
@grafkhun at 12/01/2008 15:41:

its easy with binding sv_cheats 1 and sv_cheats 0.
Beginning of dead air, take a pipe bomb, go stand on top of the bars. turn on sv cheats 1, make a zombie spawn command. and let like 300/400 zombies spawn. You turn off sv_cheats so achievements will count. And you throw the pipebomb.

But still getting all the achievements is not possible since lamb 2 slaughter achievement has bug and wont display on steam profile:P
jbcrazey's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2009 13:06
jbcrazey
haha not everybody is poor an uses a computer for l4d and yur retarded who doesnt know about that thinking yur all smart explaining wat everybody knows
jbcrazey's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2009 13:08
jbcrazey
ratard no one uses computers for games unless yur poor and who doesnt know that thinking yur all smart
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