Microsoft strikes back; hacked consoles are being banned from XBL! scumbags am cry

mood said:
Man getting modded against in Halo 2 and being happy Microsoft is being proactive about modders in general makes me a MS shill.
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I was unaware of modders having an advantage in Halo 2, it's been a long time since I've played that game. Ya, that would piss me off to, but not enough to kick em when they're down lol...well maybe if it was my game of choice heh.
 
In theory they must have some kind of software running on the server which does this detection. So they ban you from LIVE. Fair enough.

Would it be possible to put similar software on the retail discs, so that if you play a new title (or backup) it'll refuse to play?

I don't see this bannign stopping people from using modchips. They'll either get a legit console for the few games they want to play on live, or just not bother with live which will lose MS revenue and subscriber numbers.

BTW, is this banning people from LIVE totally - i.e arcade downloads, updates that sort of thing, or just mulitplayer?
 
mrklaw said:
BTW, is this banning people from LIVE totally - i.e arcade downloads, updates that sort of thing, or just mulitplayer?
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Nope, people are reporting that they can transfer their live accounts over to other consoles. It's just their console id that gets banned from live entirely, no matter what account attempts.

I'm actually quite curious as to how many of these people banned go with the sony/nintendo alternative, or rebuy the core/elite...what do you guys think?
 
tahrikmili said:
MS did this with the first XBOX, and got away with it legally. I can't see any way legal action can stop this.
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Of course they could get away with banning people from Live. It's their service and they can block whoever they want from using it. However, if they bricked the modded consoles, I think that'd be another story.

I don't know why everyone thinks will stop cheaters. The hacks MS is banning only allowed people to play burned games. Any modification to the files would have prevented the disks from booting.
 
I am curious what if banned console were sold to ebgames/gamestop? If anyone want to buy a used console, please be very cautious.
 
mrklaw said:
BTW, is this banning people from LIVE totally - i.e arcade downloads, updates that sort of thing, or just mulitplayer?
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Same as if you unplug your network cable; can't get on.
 
Proc said:
Nope, people are reporting that they can transfer their live accounts over to other consoles. It's just their console id that gets banned from live entirely, no matter what account attempts.

I'm actually quite curious as to how many of these people banned go with the sony/nintendo alternative, or rebuy the core/elite...what do you guys think?
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I reckon next month's 360 numbers on the NPD are going to see a spike :)
 
Proc said:
I guess I just don't have pent up angst towards pirates and am too tired to really care. I buy games, I like to contribute to the industry, but at the same time, I'm not bitter if one of my friends is a pirate. I'm sure we all have had our fair share of time in the "gray area" in our lifetime. So ya, steady as she goes.
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I'm neither bitter nor do I have any built up angst.
But what I also don't have is an ounce of sympathy to their so called misery.
They wanted to get games for free, they got caught, and now they can't do it anymore.
 
luoapp said:
I am curious what if banned console were sold to ebgames/gamestop? If anyone want to buy a used console, please be very cautious.
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yep, my friend sold his banned console to EB today! enjoy :lol
 
Thank you M$ ............ for banning my refurb console...........
Now I'll mod it & burn every single game you have for it (huhu 100+) :lol
And when time comes I'll get new core & H3 what will cost me 300E what is price of 5 games)

Love you M$ for saving my money from now on.
 
RDDragon said:
Thank you M$ ............ for banning my refurb console...........
Now I'll mod it & burn every single game you have for it (huhu 100+) :lol
And when time comes I'll get new core & H3 what will cost me 300E what is price of 5 games)

Love you M$ for saving my money from now on.
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WOW arnt you asowme man go you wooooooo, i hope what ever job you do in life someone comes around steals something you make, spits in your face at work or in someway cheats you out of something you worked hard for enjoy.
 
RDDragon said:
Thank you M$ ............ for banning my refurb console...........
Now I'll mod it & burn every single game you have for it (huhu 100+) :lol
And when time comes I'll get new core & H3 what will cost me 300E what is price of 5 games)

Love you M$ for saving my money from now on.
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Until that console dies (which it probably will).

personally I wish they'd just brick the modded consoles.
 
Expect to see ebay flooded with banned 360s. I'm sure it won't actually tell you that in the sales pitch though...
 
cyberheater said:
Expect to see ebay flooded with banned 360s. I'm sure it won't actually tell you that in the sales pitch though...
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I'll buy one at a reduced price if someone wants to unload one :)
 
supermackem said:
WOW arnt you asowme man go you wooooooo, i hope what ever job you do in life someone comes around steals something you make, spits in your face at work or in someway cheats you out of something you worked hard for enjoy.
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You are ass you know ?
What about 2 consoles who died on me with 3LOD ?
What about waiting 2 months for replacement?
And most important thing is I get refurb console & get banned from LIVE?
From now one only thing they get form me will be that 300E(for H3) & live subscription.
I was stupid in first place to bye 15 (that my friend is 800E+) games & that is thing what I regret most, in this moment.
 
RDDragon said:
You are ass you know ?
What about 2 consoles who died on me with 3LOD ?
What about waiting 2 months for replacement?
And most important thing is I get refurb console & get banned from LIVE?
From now one only thing they get form me will be that 300E(for H3) & live subscription.
I was stupid in first place to bye 15 (that my friend is 800E+) games & that is thing what I regret most, in this moment.
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Yeh because no one else has had console break on them im on my 8th yes EIGHT console and i had to wait over 6 months for my jpn 360 to be replaced does that mean i am allowed to download all the games i want for free then.:lol
 
those 6 millions Xbox Live users dropped fast...

i'm sure they'll keep all the banned accounts in future press release about Xbox Live number of players though

:)
 
supermackem said:
Yeh because no one else has had console break on them im on my 8th yes EIGHT console and i had to wait over 6 months for my jpn 360 to be replaced does that mean i am allowed to download all the games i want for free then.:lol
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0_0

I hope you mean you got 8 consoles (PS2, Cube, Xbox..etc) and not 7 xbox360 breakdowns...?
 
luoapp said:
I am curious what if banned console were sold to ebgames/gamestop? If anyone want to buy a used console, please be very cautious.
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Anyone mad enough to buy a USED 360 at this point(possibly getting a toweled system - not a reliabily quip) is just... I don't know.

But yeah, I imagine that selling the consoles thing is going to screw the good guys and not the bad ones.
 
I would sure be interesting to see how much modded consoles are actually out there. It's a shame we will never get that kind of information from MS...
 
supermackem said:
Yeh because no one else has had console break on them im on my 8th yes EIGHT console and i had to wait over 6 months for my jpn 360 to be replaced does that mean i am allowed to download all the games i want for free then.:lol
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In all fairness after having 7 consoles die on you, I think you're not only morally clear to download every Xbox 360 game that will ever be released, you're also allowed to get a free go on the wives and girlfriends of every male Microsoft employee whilst they are forced to watch.
 
Burai said:
In all fairness after having 7 consoles die on you, I think you're not only morally clear to download every Xbox 360 game that will ever be released, you're also allowed to get a free go on the wives and girlfriends of every male Microsoft employee whilst they are forced to watch.
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Are you keeping the female employees for yourself?
 
I have a feeling each xbox connected to live phones home, to tell the parents if they are being forced to do things that they shouldn't.

Modchip and firmware.....
 
another of my local friends has recieved a banning HAHA!

hes a gamerscore addict and has two 360's one for game saving and one for live games.

Hes just txtd me saying he's banned (he modded his live console [last week]) haha!

Hes gona have to use his gamesaving console to connect to live, but it will update, so along with not being able to play copies he can't gamesave anymore :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

His txt ended

"I mite sell my consoles and purchase ps3!! Screw M$!"

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
 
I've had a squiz in this thread and didnt see anything.

Is this just US 360's?

It's legal to chip your 360 in Australia... so couldn't there be trouble?


Say one has the firmware flashed.. or what ever it is the kids are doing these days. (I'm not really HIP to the scene, man.)

Is thats what is getting these bad people in trouble?
 
Gowans007 said:
another of my local friends has recieved a banning HAHA!

hes a gamerscore addict and has two 360's one for game saving and one for live games.

Hes just txtd me saying he's banned (he modded his live console [last week]) haha!

Hes gona have to use his gamesaving console to connect to live, but it will update, so along with not being able to play copies he can't gamesave anymore :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

His txt ended

"I mite sell my consoles and purchase ps3!! Screw M$!"

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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Anyone I know? :lol :lol :lol I was having this conversation with Cardox seriously yesterday. He was talking about how safe it was... I almost feel bad, except that piracy is bad and illegal.

PS3 doesn't sound like him, he came off as a cheap bastard :lol
 
QVT said:
Anyone I know? :lol :lol :lol I was having this conversation with Cardox seriously yesterday. He was talking about how safe it was... I almost feel bad, except that piracy is bad and illegal.

PS3 doesn't sound like him, he came off as a cheap bastard :lol
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nah its another guy, Cardox is a 17year old college kid so I kinda let him slide, these other guys can totaly afford it and are just cheap!

Anyway yeah theres a min of 4people on my list (all who live localy) who have modded and will be shafted, Cardox will be lucky if he slips through, shame tho he might have to save for a while to get back on.

PS: As stated preivously tho I am a total hipocrite, totaly for downloading TV, shitty movies (I got to cinema loadsa and music (go to see many band live) its just well gamings my hobbie I BIASD! :lol
 
Gowans007 said:
another of my local friends has recieved a banning HAHA!

hes a gamerscore addict and has two 360's one for game saving and one for live games.

Hes just txtd me saying he's banned (he modded his live console [last week]) haha!

Hes gona have to use his gamesaving console to connect to live, but it will update, so along with not being able to play copies he can't gamesave anymore :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

His txt ended

"I mite sell my consoles and purchase ps3!! Screw M$!"

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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Why did he need a separate console for game saving?
 
Gowans007 said:
nah its another guy, Cardox is a 17year old college kid so I kinda let him slide, these other guys can totaly afford it and are just cheap!

Anyway yeah theres a min of 4people on my list (all who live localy) who have modded and will be shafted, Cardox will be lucky if he slips through, shame tho he might have to save for a while to get back on.
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Yeah I know hes young(younger than me even, wow) but man I just assumed fate had posted this thread right after I talked to him about it. Hopefully he stays out of it though, I need my ego knocked down another peg in PGR =\

I think this is at least better than what Sony did. Screw them, my console wasn't even modded and I couldn't play Legend of Dragoon. Although apparently I didn't miss anything :lol
 
neonglow said:
Why did he need a separate console for game saving?
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He plays lots on live and didn't mod before but gamesaved all over the place,

when an update came it stopped him using his downloaded gamesaves so he bought a core that wasn't updated to play offline then uses the same profile on his live xbox and it updates his new gamerscore.

He modded his live 360 so he could play loadsa new "free" games over live :lol
 
uk machines also getting banned - just had a call from a "friend" panicking and asking me why his 360 stopped working on live.. being in the "biz" im the goto guy for tech support around here, quite enjoyed telling him he was shafted and shoulda bought the games i make instead of ripping me off :P
 
Gowans007 said:
He plays lots on live and didn't mod before but gamesaved all over the place,

when an update came it stopped him using his downloaded gamesaves so he bought a core that wasn't updated to play offline then uses the same profile on his live xbox and it updates his new gamerscore.

He modded his live 360 so he could play loadsa new "free" games over live :lol
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That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard of.

All that time and money for a Gamerscore ?
 
yeah its been good timing buy MS, around here (north east england) console modding is becoming pretty mainstream, one high street shop round the corner from me only does this & has signs everywhere (mainly PS2, some 360 and a little DS card you can connect via usb & download your games to)

Anyway with the ability to play over live with 360s being knocked off (for the moment) then its might cool it down or at the least keep this douchebags away from me and my experiences on live.
 
Burger said:
That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard of.

All that time and money for a Gamerscore ?
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Yep I'm baffled by it, there in a group of 4 lads that are in a little competition with each other about who has most points, YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: its basically a competition on who can rent the most games and download the most save files :lol
 
Gowans007 said:
Yep I'm baffled by it, there in a group of 4 lads that are in a little compotion with each other about who has most points, YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is only sorta related but you've only got 500 more points than me and well... I don't know how to put this but I may have to go rent King Kong tommorow. :lol
 
QVT said:
This is only sorta related but you've only got 500 more points than me and well... I don't know how to put this but I may have to go rent King Kong tommorow. :lol
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:lol :lol :lol
 
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