Halo 3: MAJOR BANNAGE for Cheating

[arniejolt]

ACK, they're REALLY SERIOUS when it came to cheating in the Halo 3 beta and maybe is a warning shot when it comes to the full game...

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Microsoft is apparently making strong examples of anyone trying to sneak into the Halo 3 Epsilon test. The crackdown came to light when a 17-year-old Minnesotan who goes by the handle "Scar" posted a tale of woe on the forums of the Halo-focused modding site Se7ensins.com. His post was accompanied by a photo of his ban notice from Xbox Live, which expires on December 31, 9999 AD--some 7,447 years after the events in Halo are supposed to take place.

How did the eternal banhammer fall on Scar? "A friend said he got the Epsilon from a friend and offered me to glitch it onto my account with what you call the two-controller exploit," he told GameSpot. "I downloaded it from Marketplace and played it for maybe six hours or so all alone, in custom games and campaign. [Then] it would kick me offline every time i tried to play Epsilon. It wasn't until the next day when i signed on that I found out i got banned."

Despite being a self-described "achievement whore" with a GamerScore of over 61,000, Scar--who doesn't want his real name made public--has no plans to appeal his ban. "Other people i know that had this happen to them at the same time as me called support and had no luck," he rued. "I know of at least 10 others that downloaded it and got banned till 9999."

When asked for comment, reps for Microsoft said the company was not officially commenting on the 7,992 year bans. However, a source close to Bungie said the ban screen "looked legit," wryly adding, "Sorry, great, great, great, great, grandkids."

Article at Gamespot!

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[Raider87]

LOL 7992 years of Ban.... that's great

[battle_axe_of_doom]

i think they should ban halo

[Raider87]

i think they should ban halo

Foo! Halo iz liek the greatest fps ever made

[Eman311]

that's epsilon, not the beta. The epsilon was stolen from a M$ emplyoee

[tf5_bassist]

that's epsilon, not the beta. The e[silon was stolent fprm a $ emlyoree/

exactly. this was clearly something he wasn't supposed to do. serves him right.

[Bakkster_Man]

exactly. this was clearly something he wasn't supposed to do. serves him right.

And if he was dumb enough to do it WHILE ONLINE, then I have absolutely no sympathy for him.

[IbanezBassist_v2]

i think they should ban halo

Wow. Something we agree on.

[Julio-Claudius]

I earned my Gamerscore with the calousses of my fretting hand and the itchiness of my trigger finger. I have no sympathy for this little punk.

[Kutsic]

Achievements are stupid

Halo is the most overrated sub par fps to ever exist

That idiot could've waited like 2 weeks and had the full game

But hey, sounds like Xbox live will have one less cheating ******* to turn Halo 3 into the joke that Halo 2 was