What does Boosting mean?

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#1 _Classic_Gamer_
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I keep reading that players of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 are boosting to get achievements and such. What does that mean?
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#2 AtomicTangerine
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Basically, they all join a game and take turns letting each other do whatever they have to do. Like they take turns arming and defusing the bomb until everybody gets the achievment. They are boosting because they aren't playing against an opponent who is trying to prevent them from winning, and instead is trying to lose to boost the stats of the other team.
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#3 spawnassasin
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i heard microsoft is starting to ban members for doing this
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#4 190586385885857957282413308806
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i heard microsoft is starting to ban members for doing this spawnassasin

I dont think they're doing it for boosting. It's a low way to get points but it doesn't effect anyone's enjoyment of the game.

I believe they're just going after the people who are downloading save files from the internet and getting the points that way and some of the other cheap ways of getting points.

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#5 Bloodbath_87
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i heard microsoft is starting to ban members for doing this spawnassasin
No, that's game saving that you're thinking about.
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#6 Killingspree303
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Boosting can be many things. It's basically when a player "boosts" another player IE. lvl boosting (MMO).
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#8 Chaos13579
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Why these points are so precious is beyond me...