That's a fun rationalisation
I mean, you're not *stealing* anyway, since that's explicitly tied to taking a physical product. Something more akin to fraud.
I pirated 360 games and MS banned me, what the hell?
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That's a fun rationalisation
I mean, you're not *stealing* anyway, since that's explicitly tied to taking a physical product. Something more akin to fraud.
Zumblakladla
Banned
Can't confirm anything. Half past 4am here.
HellsimusPrime
Banned
You serious!
He most certainly can be banned for a glitch.
1) Exploiting the system is against the TOS.
2) Misrepresenting/falsifying your data is against the TOS
Zumblakladla
Banned
They didn't proceed my thread on support forums. I got rejected?! What?!
Took at look at the first five or six - attempting to extract info from other players, modification of avatar, cheating (software/hardware/account mods), unauthorized transfer of Xbox Live account (not sure what that is), and one 'my son's account was banned' that turned out to be for cheating.
Yeah...such a pandemic of account bans for the same thing.
Did you include your gamertag and exclude all personal information? They will reject a thread if it has personal information on it because it is a public forum.
"I broke TOS and now I'm banned. Waaaaah"
I have no sympathy for online bans. Especially on Xbox Live - It's not often that they are handed out incorrectly. You did something wrong and you were punished proportionally for it. You can still play your games offline.
Take responsibility.
I have no sympathy for online bans. Especially on Xbox Live - It's not often that they are handed out incorrectly. You did something wrong and you were punished proportionally for it. You can still play your games offline.
Take responsibility.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Most of them seem to have been banned for cheating or trying to sell accounts, though.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Oh boy.
RibbedHero
Member
Console banned.
Oh, d'oh. I can't believe I missed that.
WAR recon zero
Banned
hope it never happens to you.
Break street date and you may get banned too. Fifa hack? banned
Don't feel any pity at all? When you buy alot of digital shit, you are taking very risky chances when trying to exploit the system. I guess the OP learned the hard way.
Except he can't redownload any of the ones he doesn't have, yet purchased. And that's ridiculous.
Console bans are crazy too. Not even given the chance to start over. Isn't a profile ban enough?
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
I see this justification for fraud/exploitation all the time and it's bullshit IMO.
Just because Microsoft (or anyone else) fuck up does not give you the right to exploit and take advantage of that fuck up.
In some countries it can be illegal as well as being against whatever the service ToS is.
I agree that ban whining in general is crap. The problem is he can't download any previously purchased content that's not currently on his hard drive. You can play your stuff online, but only if you've already got it downloaded. If not, you're out of luck. That seems like a legitimate issue to raise.
RibbedHero
Member
OP is not providing the full story.
Console bans are a lot harder to get than account bans. Either he's been cheating using hacks, pirating or doing some sort of payment fraud. Hardware bans are serious.
Console bans are a lot harder to get than account bans. Either he's been cheating using hacks, pirating or doing some sort of payment fraud. Hardware bans are serious.
mysteriousmage09
Member
They know people are too fucking stupid to read the terms of service, that's why.
The worst part is customer service won't even tell him why. I don't care what OP did, customer service should at least point to a specific part of TOS and specific conduct that isn't some generalized violation if they're going to deprive you of content you paid for.
Alright. Would be nice if you give them a call during the day and come back here with your results.
TheBlueBomber
Member
That's why you wait to get games till the street date like the rest of us, and don't hack other games either, jesus, how hard is it to understand
Zumblakladla
Banned
Yeah, just gamertag.
Modifying your avatar in ways the normal avatar editor doesn't allow (purple skin, whatever) is a sign of console hacking AFAIK. So basically they figured out his console was hacked so they banned him.
Avatar banning typically happens when people actually hack their avatar data to change their skin color to blue or other crazy stuff. It's not that he changed his avatar, or used a glitch to change it, they actually had to hack the data. That's the kind of stuff that gets a perma.
Probably changed his skin color to green.
Apparently it's not a ban for changing their avatar, it's for using the program that does it (which can do a lot worse).
edit:ninja'd! Aw man, the 'why was I banned' site is gone? :/
terrisus
Member
Homeowner's Insurance.
I had my GCN and games and Dreamcast and games stolen in 2002 (apparently thieves don't care too much about NES/SNES/Genesis/etc.), and Homeowner's Insurance covered the cost of replacing all of it.
Breaking street date. What an egregious violation. Burn his account, console, and legally bought games.
And as for the Fifa hacks, he's specifically referring to people who have had their own accounts hacked and banned, I believe.
TheBlueBomber
Member
Why risk it, just wait till it comes out, god damn
The key part is the 'beyond legitimate parameters' thing. That's things like unusually coloured skin tone, I believe. As I understand it, that's only doable with a hacked console.
It's not really the avatar itself that gets Microsoft's notice, it's the fact that the user is effectively parading around with an advert on their head stating "I have hacked my console". Funnily enough, they regard that as banworthy.
And if it was for simply getting one free game for one console via Oman style there would be a thread on GAF about being perma banned, along with a thread at the Cheap ass gamer forums as well.
I'm not really getting the mystery aspect of this thread. OP was banned for sharing games with multiple people, something else entirely, or a bit of both.
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
Geo-location via IP address is actually quite easy.
Yeah, I'm surprised how many people don't know about Renter's Insurance.
Officerrob
Banned
Yeah, it has nothing to do with him knowingly violating the TOS
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Eh, don't cut corners and try to get free games from a territory in which you don't reside and your online account will be fine. The OP has himself to blame for this.
Please show me the hundreds or thousands of people that got banned for this.
Good thing that isn't ban worthy apparently.
You in the US? They've never done me wrong when I sent them the proper paperwork.
For all those 'average consumers' who don't actually keep up with when a game is meant to be released, they should get banned too if they play it a day early? Yeh right.
Conflict NZ
Member
This is almost an impossible feat. A recent study showed the average user would be required to take a month each year in order to successfully read all the TOS agreements they agreed to : http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...d-need-to-take-month-off-work-each-year.shtml
Correct. I don't think this is a legit store fuck-up but a promotion and people changed their accounts to get the promotion on their account. Hence, MS classifying it as "fraud" and banning.
Sucks, but I think they should've stipulated it was only for people registered in that country with IP locks or something...
TheBlueBomber
Member
So because you don't know when a game comes out, you know when it comes out early? yep, makes sense
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