Funny. I got my Wonderbook Platinum yesterday and I already got a message to trade platinums.
Unbelievable. The number of cheaters spectating the leaderboards and begging is still rampant then. I've changed "uploaded" to "got" in your quote because "uploaded" sounds like...yeah.
I think they need to be removed
completely from these sites so they stop hovering around them and doing things like checking the leaderboards, leading to crap like the quoted. A site not frequented by cheaters...it's entirely possible. PSNProfiles did a good job of implementing the auto-flagging system, ridding the need of manually removing and checking out tons of profiles. But it needs to be taken to the next step...many cheaters are still there just because they didn't complete something in 2 minutes. And manual reporting too, to rid the guilty ones still in the top 50 and soaking up that attention.
It's just funny though...they keep going, don't they? I mean, we know what they did. But they keep going. It's just unfathomable. The numbers don't mean anything anymore yet they keep going. I think PSNprofiles and YGC need to up their game and really remove these users, no more tracking or profiles or trophies on display for them. Kind of like TrueAchievements.com. No spotlight at all beyond their personal friends list on PSN, since Sony won't do anything.
Cut out the third party sites from showing these user's trophies and stats, and they have almost nowhere to show them off at all, thanks to the trophy system being kind of not as web-compatible and advanced as achievements. The power the staff of a site like PSNprofiles has, knowing this, is incredible. It can really change things.
Sony with the PS3 gives easy remote signing in so things like the quoted happen. At least with MS there's a lot of hurdles to sign in remotely that detracts that behavior; but MS has it's own issues with the achievement system at least on 360. And something so simple as giving the end user total access to save data ends with a complete mess and I hope Sony and Microsoft learn from this next generation.
So knowing all of this I ask myself, what platform, PS3 or 360, for multi-platform games, will my work be the most valuable and meaningful? Which, the trophy or the achievement system, is more legitimate? PS3 has just ever-rising "gamesaving", but that mixed with no punishment from Sony is disheartening. 360 has both gamesaving and "profile editing" losers, something much more vile than gamesaving. But then MS resets cheaters...however not as often as I previously assumed. So which more legitimate, I ask myself? Well, of course you could just build a great profile on the system you prefer or where your friends are.
But it's still a mystery which one is the most worthwhile to really "go for it".
I will remain in mystery, while the facts are that it's not only PS3 or 360; these trophy and achievement systems now support more platforms, and more in the future with "PS4" and "Xbox 3". We have Vita on the PS side of things, no gamesaving or any hijinks or even the 'quoted' really possible at all. An almost 100% legitimate platform. On the MS side of things we also have Windows 7/8 phone and Windows 8. I have no idea if the profile editing kiddies can get to games on those or if it's only 360 affected.
As someone who has been experienced since the launch of the "trophy" and "achievement" systems, I guess the ultimate answer for myself lies in the legitimacy of "PS4" and "Xbox 3" trophy/achievement systems. PS3 software and Xbox 360 software both have their massive weaknesses and are both affected, with only the "sub-platforms" giving faith (again, not sure on Windows Phone 7/8 and Windows 8 though).
Until then, as far as the state of things in 2012 goes...
All hail the PS Vita.