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The Money Shot

The Money Shot

Kill an enemy with a headshot in 100 multiplayer (Player or Ranked) matches of 3+ rounds

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How to unlock the The Money Shot achievement in Gears of War - Definitive Guide

This achievement speaks for itself - simply kill one hundred enemies with a headshot in ranked matches.

Many weapons can perform a headshot, such as the Snub Pistol, the Longshot and the Gnasher Shotgun. The best, surefire way to get a headshot is with the Longshot, and simply picking off the head of an exposed enemy. However, random headshots can be performed with the Gnasher Shotgun, and with the Snub Pistol when aiming at the head.
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Agreed with above, also pay attention to various things like making sure people aren't quitting matches- they won't count if certain criteria are met (see the Gears of War website).
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By Ne0nOmega on 17 Apr 2009 21:13
when they are down just blast there lids off
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By Straight Blazen on 28 May 2009 19:47
I think that counts as an execution rather than headshot.
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By UlteriorDesert on 21 Jul 2010 10:50
Snub Pistol is glitchy, So far I have 146 head shot (non executions) kills with it and still no Achievement for either one.
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By Big Papa Rez on 15 Feb 2011 05:39
As original poster stated, easiest to get headshots with longshot. For closer combat, shotgun their head off :)
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By Solario32 on 14 Sep 2011 15:43
shitty achivement.. Have almost 300 hs now
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By SpaceWrek on 05 Dec 2014 06:55
Starting up an Xbox group of players to boost all the ranked matches achievements. Will plan to be online around 10 PM - 2 AM EST (north america) most evenings. Message me via Xbox if you are interested!
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By theg00chmaster on 06 Jul 2024 13:20
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This isn't really a solution, more some advice for people trying to unlock the various kill related achievements as quickly as possible - at the end of every boosting session you should play a quick one round local match against a second controller before quitting to dashboard or turning off your xbox. I've done this and unlocked Seriously yesterday pretty much bang on 10000 kills. I've also unlocked all the weapon kill achievements after 100 kills.

I think what's going on is that sometimes, for whatever reason, the progress you make in the last match of a session isn't added to the various achievement counters. I first noticed this when boosting the 'Win 20 matches on map X' achievements - if I won 20 matches in one session the achievement would pop, but if I spread them out across multiple sessions I'd have to play 21, 22, sometimes 23 matches depending on how many sessions it took.

Of course, it's possible I've just been really, really lucky - there's no way I can prove this works. If people start trying this and it doesn't work out let me know and I'll take this solution down.
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10 Jul 2012 07:46

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You're full of shit.
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By KungFuBrian on 15 Dec 2012 07:58
Thanks for the awesome constructive feedback dude.
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By Capricious Kiwi on 15 Dec 2012 08:32
I have started doing this as common practice, just in case. It seems to be the only logical answer as to why the kill counts are so off from the achievement requirements. Thanks for the info!
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By PsykoRainDancer on 19 Jun 2013 20:17
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This achievement, like many other online weapons achievements for this game, is glitched. I personally unlocked it at around 140 but have seen some people go above 200 just to unlock it.

You can get this achievement with most weapons such as the gnasher shotgun, longshot, snub pistol, lancer, etc. For some unkown reason some people cannot get this achievement with the longshot while others can't get it with the pistol. My suggestion would be to try and get it with the longshot achievement or with the pistol achievement as you should get it with one of them.

If you only count the kills that you get that are not in games that either lagged out or had people leave then the final kill count might be closer to 100.
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05 Jul 2011 05:19

Headshots are when the head of the enemy blows up and the rest of the body remains intact. You can do this with any weapon that isn't automatic or explosive, that is, the Snub Pistol, Magnum, Longshot, or Gnasher (shotgun). Blow the head off a foe that isn't already downed 100 times total in ranked matches for this achievement.

For more information, see "Seriously...".

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Headshots are when the head of the enemy blows up and the rest of the body remains attack. You can do this with any weapon that isn't automatic or explosive, that is, the Snub Pistol, Magnum, Longshot, or Gnasher (shotgun). Blow the head off a foe that isn't already downed 100 times total in ranked matches for this achievement.

For more information, see "Seriously ..."

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