Inside A Gear: Panconbasura (Gears 3 Beta Rank 100)
“Inside a Gear†is an interview series with people from throughout the Gears of War community about their thoughts on the franchise, and how they became the fans they are today.
Aldo Cauvi (Panconbasura) achieved, what to many, seemed impossible – he earned his wings in the Gears 3 beta. This impossible feat was confirmed yesterday as completely legitimate by Epic’s Joe Graf, who also said that Panconbasura was the sole person in the beta to earn their wings.
We approached Aldo, a proud Peruvian Gears of War fan, to ask him about himself, why he was so driven to attain his beta wings, and how he did it. In return, we found a someone who is far more than just an incredibly dedicated Gearhead, and shared with us a brutally honest and surprising story about his life as a Gears fan over the past few years.
When the beta was released, I felt very inspired to do my best and get as far as I could. Since I’m a really devoted fan of the Gears of War franchise, I did it happily.
I played public matches most of the time because the time between matches is shorter than ranked matches – there are next to no waiting times so I could earn a lot of points very quickly.
Aldo quickly began to pour day upon day into the beta, quickly pulling ahead in rank above most others, pushing himself to the limit and finding his footing with the brand new game modes.
Literally I lost one month of my life, sleeping only 4 or 5 hours daily for one whole month.
The first two weeks I played public TDM and ignored King of the Hill for the most part – it was fun but the matches were too long and the XP earned wasn’t enough in comparison. On the second weekend when CTL was released I started playing and noticed that the games were much faster (1 or 2 minutes per round) and the XP earned was much higher than any other game type. That’s why I decided to stay in this mode – playing only public CTL let me focus on trying to kill as much as I could as every kill counts twice the XP in this mode. I made sure to keep my consecutive match bonus alive as well.
But pulling away in front of the crowd wasn’t all fun and games for Aldo, as the Xbox Live community quickly turned on him for being so far ahead of others, mostly with disbelief.
Every 5 minutes I received messages hating or insulting saying that I made a hack or glitch, or that I have no life, or that I’m rich and don’t have to work or study… and these things still get to you even if none of them are true. I finished school and I’m an economist and consider myself very responsible.
I never experienced such thing like this, being on top of a popular game such as Gears of War and getting abuse because of it.
And there was a reason Aldo could find the time to pursue his hopes of achieving Rank 100 in the beta – an unfortunate accident that caused Aldo to lose his hearing, and later, his career.
I had an accident 2 years ago where I suffered an acoustic trauma and lost my hearing, becoming completely deaf a little over a year ago. Because of this incapacity, I lost my job and have yet to find one again – in Peru where I live, the opportunities for deaf people just don’t exist.
That’s why I have a lot of free time for gaming while I try to raise the funds to get the operation to recover my hearing. Now, I really don’t have many things in my life that makes me happy and don’t have many things to do – but the beta was definitely one of those good things.
And just like the reasons behind his avaliable spare time, there is far more to earning Rank 100 in the beta than just an icon on a screen – it’s an achievement to be savored.
I’ll hardly repeat something like this… but I really needed to do this. I just wanted to show myself that I can achieve whatever goal or dream I have and make anything come true if I put the enough effort and dedication. One of those things will heal someday.
We’d like to extend a massive thank you to Panconbasura for providing us with such an interesting and honest story to share with you all, and a huge congratulations on his achievement to be the only person out of 1.29 million to achieve Rank 100 in the beta.
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Some people on Xbox Live are so immature.
That is an incredible feat and I wish I would have made to at least 50. Pretty cool that he was the only person to make it to rank 100 in the beta. It’s also cool that he wanted to be interviewed by you guys
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You are an amazing human being…i tip my Gears hat to you as well
There are many ppl on xbl who hate what they can not be. You are a inspiration to all gamers and i wish you much luck in your life and future -
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While hearing impaired too?!? Can’t tell you how many times hearing a locust grunt or cog noise behind me allowed me to turn and battle or scoot out of there! Congrats Aldo, not may people had the time that you had, cool you made use of it! Would be neat if they renamed the level 100 achievement after you
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Comments
Some people on Xbox Live are so immature.
That is an incredible feat and I wish I would have made to at least 50. Pretty cool that he was the only person to make it to rank 100 in the beta. It’s also cool that he wanted to be interviewed by you guys
Absolutely incredible. I extend my digital hand to shake that of a devoted fan such as Aldo.
I wish you the best of luck in getting that surgery and Ill pray for you to find something new for work.
Congratulations and I tip my hat to you sir, for you have put me to shame.
amazing story, i have so much respect for you.
keep it up!
You are an amazing human being…i tip my Gears hat to you as well
There are many ppl on xbl who hate what they can not be. You are a inspiration to all gamers and i wish you much luck in your life and future 
I have the honor to have this guy as one of my friends, he’s an incredible human, very talented and a hardbone guy.
All my respect to u Aldo, i’m proud of you “varon” (that’s the way how we call him).
I can relate to a degree. I only made it to level 59 (almost 60) by the end of the beta, but I work full-time (50+ hours per week). In the last couple weeks of the beta, I was already getting messages almost every match, telling me to get a life or “get laid”, solely as a response to people seeing my level. I just don’t think anyone outside the hardcore community can understand what it means to be a dedicated Gearhead.
What a great read and well done to him. What would make this even sweeter is if EPIC paid for this hearing Op…
Go on you know you want to…
Awesome seeing someone down to earth achieve this, seems like someone I wouldn’t mind having on my team to run through some games.
That’s incredible. He really should get something for the full game after accomplishing this awesome feat.
I pray that you are able to one day afford that operation.
As someone commented above …Epic pay for his Op as reward !!! Everyone’s a winner
Congrats m8 , i wouldnt have thought it possible .. but well done ..
Because of how rude and childish people can be I don’t play much versus anymore. I will probably stick with Horde and Beast but I did like the gears3 beta.
Congratulations on your wings Aldo. That’s strong dedication.
Congrats you are a legend and I am sure we played together with the Devs and you was lvl 79 you my friend are just epic and hope u raise the money for your op all the best in the future xbox gamer tag CT GOON
Truly inspiring story.
Great job, and I wish you the best of luck in your efforts.
This Brotha Is My Fckn Hero Lvl 100 in 4weeks God damn the amount of patience and skill you have to have is …wow
Those who would send em gathered msgs just haters who probably sucked, good shit bro!!
I have the pleasure of meeting panconbasura one day I went to his house to pick up a game, but I was tending his father, now I understand why, but that fewer people will make him the contrary, now you’re a legend my friend and I am sure soon there will be better news for you and your family my dear friend.
best of luck to you and your peruvian flute band, see you on the battlefield in fall
I have mad respect for this guy. He seems like a perfect representation of a Gearshead! Congrats on getting to level 100 and beating us all! That takes skill, especially under these circumstances. I wish you the best in your operation and I hope this article helps in some way.
This Article is very well written, as I told Hooligunn yesterday, but I feel the need to repeat my thoughts on it again in public view. This is an excellent start to the “Inside A Gear” series and I think shows the best of what this can be. I love the idea of being able to get to know my peers on a more personal level. I’m not going to lie, I was like most people when I first heard about this and disbelieved it, but thanks to this interview, this article, I know the real story, the real man behind his avatar and it touches me. I really do love GCON and what they do for this community. Keep on keepin’ on <3
Congratulations Aldo, i dont have to tell you that we are all very proud of you , not only for this amazing gaming achievement but also for showing us your strenght since you face that infortunate accident, you, my friend, will be always a true role model. Felicitaciones Varon!
Anybody know this guys gamertag so i can add him??? i would like to play some gears
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Very nice job!
That’s a true fan right there.
you my friend, need to get laid….
Wow, what an amazing feat! Congratulations on a job well done!
congratulations my brother! really! now you can beat any challenge….
I played several times with Aldo and I never imagined that the reason for not wearing the headset is that he is deaf, I´m so proud of you my friend …. you´re a true legend.
Keep it up Aldo !!!
Viva el Peru Carajo!!!! panconbasura. hope u receive and accept my friend request. i am peruvian too and a gear fan best game of the world. congratulations for the wings and i hope Epic will let you keep it on september. vamos Peru si se puede.
add me too lol i’m glad to find people who happen to also be peruvian and hopefully both good players my GT is ChummyPlatinum be seeing u guys this fall
Awesome job man!! I definitely tip my hat to you!
That’s really amazing, reaching the lvl 100 just in a month, i can’t imagine how many time you spend on the game, Epic should give you a work of testing !
I agree with that other guy over there. GIVE HIM A TESTER JOB GEARS!!!
Hey guys,
Honestly I didn’t have the slightest idea this was going to have any kind of media impact in the world of videogames.
I just did it to show myself I could do, not to show anything to anyone or intended to Epic or MS or some company to help me in any way. I want to be very clear with this please!
It did it because in the last year I had to go through many difficulties and needed to encourage myself with something.
I felt my life had no meaning….
I know that is not productive or something that directly helps me change my situation but I just needed that ecouragement to continue fighting against this stone that destiny put in my path (the accident made ​​me lose my hearing 1 year ago).
The significance of this for me is that I can achieve whatever goal I have and make anything come true if I put the enough effort, dedication and courage in whatever for more impossible it may seem.
Now with these I feel with a lot of strength to keep fighting.
That’s the only good thing about this and I feel is my own reward for this achievement.
I also feel very happy and rewarded with the publication of this article and legitimate validation of lvl 100. Thank you Liam, you are a great guy for publishing these!
I am very proud of belonging to this community of gamers so cool and I reiterate my gratitude for your good wishes and cool comments.
See you all in September to kick some locust ass!
Aldo
This is pretty impressive. I wish I had enough time to do that, although my wife would never let me get away with playing that much anyway.
My cousin is the best!!! I love you!
While hearing impaired too?!? Can’t tell you how many times hearing a locust grunt or cog noise behind me allowed me to turn and battle or scoot out of there! Congrats Aldo, not may people had the time that you had, cool you made use of it! Would be neat if they renamed the level 100 achievement after you
Very inspirational story and kudos to you for staying determined.
Very impressive. I only played the last 5 days of the beta and managed to get to rank 20, which isn’t bad, so to get to rank 100 in 4 weeks is just an awesome achievement for anyone.
The only downside is that, from what I’ve read, the ranks don’t carry over from the beta to the retail version
Ya this is not that amazing……this guy had no job and no life….he was not playing for fun, he was playing for points!!! on a BETA!! lol
if u ask me that makes his an A**H*** not an awsome player
Yeah, thats why no one asked you.
Great story and I hope the best for Aldo. What about Epic doing a fundraiser for the awesome, dedicated fan. Prove for him that you appreciate your fans and support our love and appreciation of videogames.
be honest here, if you did see someone that high a rank without reading this article, you would have all thought the same. i would have thought the same. however i would not be so petty or immature to take the time to write out a meesage to an unknown person across the internet, nothing gets acomlished other than aggravationg yourself and the person your sending it to.
that beening said, dedication is something to be admired in any form and being able to achieve the end rank in a unfinished product is unheard of and i quite litterally tip my hat off to you (i’m doing it now as i write XD)
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Like stated above. It would be pretty cool if the lv 100 achievement was named after him example “I found Aldo” very punny
Good job.
I bet that took a good bit of the old peruvian marching powder to achieve! Well done!
That’s awesome man and congrats, keep up the good work. All the best for the future and hope you get your hearing issue sorted out dude.
I am sorry about the hearing issues that he had, but he did a good job reaching 100 and obtaining the Angel Of Death in 1 month.
Pretty impressive, kudos.
Panconbasura i dont know if u remember its me xDraGula99x I dont have live right now but i will mostly when GOW3 arrives so see you with GranJimmy and the other guys when Gears of War 3 arrives…congrats for the achivement man and lets see whos the best when the official game comes!
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Felicitaciones!!! 1 credito para Peru de que tenemos buenos gamers!!! Suerto como todos buscando chamba, no pierdas la fe!!
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Congrats on the medal and the accomplishment. I wish you the best in attaining your operation.
I only reached 64 and by that time I was completely burnt out. I didn’t even play the last day of the beta.
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