Considering Microsoft touts 20 million users on Xbox Live, the fact that the Redmond giant is banning up to 1 million of them. The bans went down last week, but the numbers were just recently released.
There aren’t too many things to do with a modded Xbox 360 other than pirating games, unlike the original Xbox. Sure, you can drop a bigger hard drive in the machine for much cheaper than the overpriced official accessories. And piracy is bad, mmkay?
Were any of you other there banned? Let us know so we can point and laugh.
I consider myself a conservative. I am a Republican, I did not vote for Obama, I like guns, I’m Catholic, and I believe in the Death Penalty. Nevertheless, I have absolutely no qualms about a person’s sexual preference. I have gay friends. I have lesbian friends. I watch lesbian themed programming. A lot. Xbox Live does not want you to know there are lesbians gamers out there according to this report.
Here is an excerpt:
I had a similar incident, only my account was suspended because I had said in my profile that I was a lesbian. I was harassed by several players, ‘chased’ to different maps/games to get away from their harassment. They followed me into the games and told all the other players to turn me in because they didn’t want to see that crap or their kids to see that crap.
Is this story true? Maybe. I can understand that MS wants to shield younger gamers from adult material, but this is overstepping the issue. A sexual preference is in the same context as race or religion. Is an African-American Christian really any different than an lesbian African-American Christian? Not really. This is a slippery slope that no one wants to go down.
I’m saying this before anything else: if you try this, you will get your Xbox 360, Live Account, and possibly your IP banned from Live. Write that down. Now, with that out of the way, some enterprising hackers have figured out a way to put a save file on your Xbox 360 to give all kinds of goodies in Left 4 Dead.
While some of this stuff is cool, there have been reports of people using the infinite health and ammo cheats online, making the experience pretty crappy. I have a strong feeling that MS and Valve are looking heavily into this and bans will be coming sooner than later.
Valve issued a press release this afternoon stating that they’ve made a server-side fix to prevent users from using this cheat tool online. They’ve fixed all the dedicated servers, but people who are connecting user-to-user will be affected until a game patch is released in the next couple days. Hang in there.
As Confucius once said, “the photoshop cat juggles a ball of yarn, and unravels it all over his face.” You are Baldur, Denis. You’re the poorly animated bald Norse technogod, the Übermensch with a thousand pointless book references misunderstood by the dirty proles who aren’t worthy enough to judge you.
Your favorite Nietzsche quote, “he who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster,” is one you’ve fallen victim to yourself, if your opinion of this site is to be taken to heart. In these pitiable confrontations with us you’ve proven to be the monster of gaming development, a sore on the industry and a squanderer of your subordinates’ time and effort. Through all this, through this self-inflicted PR nightmare, you’ve conquered vast new frontiers of unwarranted hyperbole and desperate pseudo-intellectual grasping. Buy an unaccredited doctorate, change your given name to Derek, and take up the reins; Derek Smart would eagerly defer to the greatness of Dr. Dyack.
What is an appropriate action to take in response to the man who continues to post here? I won’t be tolerating a second retconned “social experiment,” a second call for NeoGAF’s closing, or a second “worst forum” insult. You decided to ignore the option for real terms for your pointless tag bet, so with the majority of reviews condemning your magnum opus to mediocrity I’ll claim a suitable prize by telling you to get the hell off NeoGAF.
Wow. That’s what I call pwnage right there. Dyack runs his mouth then won’t back it up, then NeoGAF goes and bans him for calling them out. Pwnage on both sides.
Word on the streets is that Microsoft has dropped their ban hammer on modded Xbox 360’s as a Christmas present to all their users. Good for Microsoft. There really is no point to modding a Xbox 360 other than playing burnt games. We don’t need people using modded game saves either, so I’m glad Microsoft is still doing a good job of banning consoles.
There have been a couple rumblings that users without modded consoles are getting banned and Microsoft isn’t doing anything to help. Wish I had some good news for you people, but I don’t. I understand there is always collateral damage when these bans come down, so hopefully Microsoft addresses this in some way.
If you’ve been banned, let us know how it went down. I’m sure you weren’t modding. You’re innocent, right?
There was a glitch on the Xbox 360 which allowed users to pass their COD4 Beta unlock code onto friends. The glitch has now been fixed, and the 23,000 people who took advantage have now been temporarily banned from Xbox Live.
The current POR is to issue a 24-hour console lockout that will prevent these 23k users from using their consoles to sign in to LIVE. These users will also receive a message in the dash with an explanation as to why their console has been locked out for 24 hours for violating the LIVE TOU [Terms of Use] and a warning that more severe actions may be taken if they attempt a similar action in the future (console could be banned permanently, etc.). Again, this is not a permanent console ban – it’s more of a “slap on the wrist” and a warning to these 23k users who used this exploit
So there you go. Don’t try to get into a beta test if you aren’t supposed to… your online access may get revoked.
Manhunt 2 was created for mature audiences and we strongly believe it should receive an M (Mature) rating, aligning it with similar content created in other forms of media. We are exploring our options with regard to the rating of Manhunt 2.
So how is this going to affect the average gamer? Well, for starters, you aren’t going to able to rent this game anywhere. Blockbuster and Gamefly have already confirmed they will not carry any AO rated games. Beyond that, most stores aren’t going to keep this out on the shelves. So you might not be able to just waltz into Best Buy and pick up a copy.
It’s already been banned in one part of the world, and given the dreaded AO rating here in the US. Maybe Take Two needs to look into toning the game down a bit if they want to make any money.
What are the odds we see He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named on TV tonight talking about this?
I can’t say this is a surprise. We’ve all been waiting for Microsoft to throw the switch and boot all the modded consoles. Personally, I think it’s about time.
Major Nelson and Gamerscore Blog are both reporting on the new security in place for the Xbox 360. If you get a Status Code: Z: 8015 – 190D, basically it means your SOL. Reports are coming in from all over the intarweb of users getting banned. Go buy a new 360 if you have any intentions of playing online.
With the Halo 3 Beta starting up, Microsoft decided this was the best time to start dropping some ban-hammers on fools. I remember the day Halo 2 dropped they did the same with the original Xbox.
I can’t say I blame Microsoft one bit here. Last gen was different, with many people, myself included, modding their Xbox to rock Xbox Media Center. It was, and still is, one of the best streaming media center applications you can use. With the Xbox 360, the only modding you can do is to play burnt games. Piracy hurts the industry. Glad Microsoft is finally stepping up and addressing the issue.
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