Treyarch Warns PSN & XBL Users on Hacking / Console Modding


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Read Andrew DB's comments on the previous page.

This whole throwing around the word illegal in any sense is ridiculous, it's scaremongering making it sound like a serious crime, which of course it isn't. Breaking the rules, yes, prohibited, yes, illegal, no.

The only person with perception issues of the word 'illegal' in here is yourself Munky, I mean seriously, it's obvious it's not taken in the context of jail/law. I knew fine well what they meant, AndrewDB is still correct, breaking a EULA is illegal, in the sense of rule breaking, which it's perfectly okay to use the term illegal.

not according to or authorized by law : unlawful, illicit; also : not sanctioned by official rules (as of a game)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illegal

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He knows I love him really, but I just can't be arsed taking anything Treyarch say seriously, it's like Charlie Brown's mum talking to you.

Besides, it looks like he has his hands full elsewhere on the forum :p

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He knows I love him really, but I just can't be arsed taking anything Treyarch say seriously, it's like Charlie Brown's mum talking to you.

Besides, it looks like he has his hands full elsewhere on the forum :p

Where? WHERE?!?!? :rofl:

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I have to agree with DM here. The word 'illegal' always tends to imply something against the law, not just against some rules.

-Spenser

So all of us are going to jail then for using Windows?

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:p

I'm sorry but you're going against the English language and dictionary. Illegal does not always mean against the law, it has more than one contextual meaning, that's just the way it is regardless of what you associate the word 'illegal' to mean when you see it. Treyarch were never talking about court law or jail time, they are talking about the rules as set by Live/their T&Cs.

prohibited by law; against the law; unlawful; illicit; also, not authorized or sanctioned, as by rules

http://www.yourdictionary.com/illegal

2. Prohibited by official rules

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/illegal

also : not sanctioned by official rules (as of a game)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illegal

2. against rules: not allowed by the rules of something such as a game

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/illegal.html

contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/illegal

illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/illegal

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There's no point in arguing semantics. It's pretty obvious they used the word illegal as a scare tactic. They specifically used that word to make people think it's against the law.

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There's no point in arguing semantics. It's pretty obvious they used the word illegal as a scare tactic. They specifically used that word to make people think it's against the law.

If people think it's against the law they only have themselves to blame for being so stupid. Cheating in a video game against the law? Yeah okay, I suppose they also think they're going to get locked up for peeing in your shower instead of your toilet :rofl:

I agree with 'illegal' being used as a scare tactic, instead of just saying 'against the rules', but people should really know what it means.

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There's no point in arguing semantics. It's pretty obvious they used the word illegal as a scare tactic. They specifically used that word to make people think it's against the law.

Just for the record, that's all I was trying to get across earlier & what I also think Andrew DB was trying to say to myself.

Article is a bunch of BS tbh.

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So all of us are going to jail then for using Windows?

15exqx4.gif

:p

I'm sorry but you're going against the English language and dictionary. Illegal does not always mean against the law, it has more than one contextual meaning, that's just the way it is regardless of what you associate the word 'illegal' to mean when you see it. Treyarch were never talking about court law or jail time, they are talking about the rules as set by Live/their T&Cs.

Cute, but I didn't say it meant against the law, I said it tends to imply it. Maybe I shouldn't have said 'always', but 'most of the time' wouldn't be stretching it. The most common use of the word illegal is that meaning against the law, so when it's used in contexts like this, it can be confusing to a hell of a lot of people.

Also, what JianBing said.

-Spenser

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Cute, but I didn't say it meant against the law, I said it tends to imply it. Maybe I shouldn't have said 'always', but 'most of the time' wouldn't be stretching it. The most common use of the word illegal is that meaning against the law, so when it's used in contexts like this, it can be confusing to a hell of a lot of people.

Also, what JianBing said.

-Spenser

Yup guess that's where I misread you.

I still say if anyone out there thinks it's against the law to cheat in a game they're a bit on the dull side, I would hope for gamers sake a lot of people are not confused by this, unless you're under 10. Especially if they are from our generations where we've had Game Genies/Action Replay and developer enabled cheats (in-game codes/consoles)/trainers and everything else the PC has.

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