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id like to make this longer but ill say what matters, today the gears of war 3 beta came out, iv loved this franchise from the start, i still have the emergence day download theme from the first games launch date. too bad im here sending this to you guys instead of playing it now. iv watched feedback for sometime now, even the ones iv had no interest in so iv herd pleanty of questions on this show and some iv felt were great and others that almost had no real question in it. im the kind of person to never take part of anything like this but i couldnt think of anywhere else but here to bring this up, even if you guys think different than me i know im talking to the right people. iv had xbox live since i was 12 and ill be 20 soon, i used to love the stories in games that would take me on an adventure in my own personal space, a game that made me feel like i was there apart of the world. i loved halo but when halo 2 came out i tried the multiplayer and have been hooked on shooters. to get to my point, iv spent so much time in gears 2 that i have almost all achievements, but i was so proud when i became a veteran gear. im not the best, im not anywhere close to being a top rank but i made the goal and i did it, rank 100. today when i played the beta i saw there was an ingame achievement for having the veteran gear achievement and it wouldnt unlock so i logged back into gears 2 and im rank 1, i logged into the gears of war website and searched my game progress, nothing! im not there, not a kill on list, not a mode played, i have no stats at all, 3 years progress and im a rank 1 without a kill. i contacted xbox live but i know theres nothing that can be done. i played some beta again just to cool down and now i have people thinking iv cheated because of my achievements and the said they are going to report me. id just like to point out there was something adam has said about bullying before on either feedback or soapbox that id like to bring up, i dont mess with people, i can yell and taunt but never go out of my way to bring someone down, and now i have all the gear heads trying to cause me probs thanks to this rank 1 crap. iv had the red rings of death, stupid overheating probs, been through a total of 4 xboxs and i still buy new ones and pay for online but iv never been this bothered. My pride in this game is shot, big games are big for reasons but i choose to like this game because thats just what i want. big games like call of duty have their own type of fans, i like it but thats just not me and now the gear community are against me, the people that like the same things as me are now against me and theres nothing that can be done but ignore it till i build my rank. Think, the old school arcade games had the top score with the guys initials, if someone gets a higher score than that brings you back to try and be the top, but what if you check one time and your name is gone, your score still higher but its just not there. mortal combat comes out soon, people love that game for whatever reason and some to be going about saying they are the best and it will probebely have a top scoring list like all games do, would that game be as epic if there is no online at all like the original? if this game is going oldschool like they claim would it be you going against your friends in the neighborhood or would they put in online n say hey guys you can sit at home and vs the best out there to become the highest score. would a game like socom have the fan base they do if it just dropped the team work aspect and just made it like call of duty? these games have their fans for reasons and the one game i had just erased me. I wasnt the best with the highest score but it was still mine. i made it by playing it, they cant just give me a level 100 star and say sorry about that, have fun because i have no stats to back it up. iv been a serious gamer but after this i think its just a wake up call to take a step back. i contacted xbox live and complained but iv complained about wanting a refund for a certain EA title that had faulty dlc achievements and they tolled me if it downloaded than you got what you payed for. to think that iv been playing and paying the yearly fee just to have customer support talk to me like someone who just joined today. im not special but when something like this happens and i start being bullied by who were friends and xbox live acts like the teachers who looks away and does nothing than all i can do is sit here, type this and take it. im sure when gears 3 comes out ill play it and have fun, but i honestly think after something like this i wont play an online game the way i used to. pleanty of people had fun with rock band, i know i did but look what happened with that. i feel like games have been over runned with what people expect and have been ruined by media. not too long ago i remember you guys mentioned that apple is as big because thats what people are being tolled, what do you guys think about this?