Sethos Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 DO NOT PIRATE VIDEOGAMES. Ok, with that out of the way, here?s an after-school-special-friendly example of why pirating?s for suckers. See, if you somehow managed to nab an illegitimate early copy of Forza 3 or Borderlands, you?re cruising for an Xbox Live permaban. ?You know, when you play a pre-release title on LIVE when I know you shouldn?t have it, it?s not hard for me to figure out,? tweeted Xbox Live Director of Policy and Enforcement Stephen Toulouse. Now, if your retailer of choice merely broke the game?s street date, that?s another story. Toulouse explained: ?Don?t worry folks, anyone who bought a copy early is ok. In general, if you got a receipt, play away. These are illegit copies we?re hitting.? He said nothing, however, about people who stole either game from a retailer. Our guess? You scoundrels are probably in the clear. Well, online anyway. But the police probably won?t touch your precious Gamerscore. VG247ds-players/"]VG247[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 WHY would you go and play a leaked pirated version of a game on Xbox Live a week before release? lol. These people clearly deserve any bans that come their way. Nice to see them acting quickly too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted October 17, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted October 17, 2009 Yeah, I agree, ban'em all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 ban those buggers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Anyone stupid enough to play a pirated version of a leaked game online deserves to be banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunamonkey Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) What about promo copies for magazines? I played Darkness and Lost Planet before release. Do I deserve a ban? I had no receipt after all. How can they actually tell? Edited October 17, 2009 by lunamonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookie Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Stops the people going "LOLOL I GOT THE GAME FREE EARLY IM SOOOO COOOOOOOOL". You realize they can still play games on the 360 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 You realize they can still play games on the 360 right? Of course, but getting your account permanently banned from XBL to play a game a week early? Doesn't really seem worth it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 17, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 17, 2009 Of course, but getting your account permanently banned from XBL to play a game a week early? Doesn't really seem worth it to me. Chances are it's hot air anyway Don't worry folks, anyone who bought a copy early is ok. In general, if you got a receipt, play away. These are illegit copies we're hitting From what we've been led to believe if a game is a retail build and passes CRC checks it's identical, no way to tell. Unless MS just randomly ban then tell people to provide a receipt to get unbanned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Chances are it's hot air anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookie Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Of course, but getting your account permanently banned from XBL to play a game a week early? Doesn't really seem worth it to me. Your console gets banned, not account. Either way if they are like me and could give less of a **** about XBL (Been silver for a year go me!) I doubt it'd be a loss. <img> Sure that's not from the Halo 3: ODST french leak, since you know, it was totally obvious who had downloaded it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Your console gets banned, not account. Either way if they are like me and could give less of a **** about XBL (Been silver for a year go me!) I doubt it'd be a loss. See above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 17, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 17, 2009 There's a chance one of the copies is bad, maybe review code or just a bad CRC. No one knows if they are properly legit till the retail copies hit and they can be compared. Like it says above you couldn't just ban everyone playing a game early, people do get things legitimately early. I got MGS4 about 6 days before it came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobeck Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 gotta say with account bans it certainly makes this years round of dance around the banhammer much more interesting lol...should make this holiday season a treat to read over at XS lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 17, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 17, 2009 gotta say with account bans it certainly makes this years round of dance around the banhammer much more interesting lol...should make this holiday season a treat to read over at XS lol Soo true, it's about time they start banning accounts instead of consoles. However I dunno if it's just banning accounts for this individual case, or if any person from now on caught with copies will get an account ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tablet_user Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Your console gets banned, not account. Either way if they are like me and could give less of a **** about XBL (Been silver for a year go me!) I doubt it'd be a loss. except when you get banned you cant sign in at all. No gold, no silver, no updates, no demos, no nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookie Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 except when you get banned you cant sign in at all. No gold, no silver, no updates, no demos, no nothing. Demos can be downloaded of torrents/newsgroups burned to disc and played. The updates mostly include things which require gold anyway (lol twitter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamawesomewicked Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Of course they don't ban random people, this is Microsoft, they obviously have their methods of copy protection on the disc, which if cracked, and used on xbox live sends them a red flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Eye Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 As mentioned earlier, who would be stupid enough to take their console online with an illegal copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹ Posted October 17, 2009 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 17, 2009 Press copies and review copies show up as such so anyone with a press copy would be fine, plus it is generally given that the reviewers sign in with a specific account so that MS can monitor the situation. I don't now how they will persue this however, unless as they say you can provide a copy receipt of said purchase and if you cannot then ban, if you can they then go after the shop in question who sold it early. But a perma ban straight off is a bit disconcerting, still I suppose it is there network/console so they can do what they choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookie Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Of course they don't ban random people, this is Microsoft, they obviously have their methods of copy protection on the disc, which if cracked, and used on xbox live sends them a red flag. Oh please. People went online with a game which isn't due out for two weeks and apparently they are just perma banning everyone regardless and expecting you to prove your self innocent. If they did have a CP on the discs we would have seen a lot more bans more frequently. Fallout 3 causes a ruckus last year because someone leaked a review copy of the game, hence the epic ban hammer came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 17, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 17, 2009 Bitch got served :p Word on the interwebz is the NTSC copy of Forza 3 that leaked could be a review copy, it did hit like what 2 weeks before release? PAL copy was 10 days I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookie Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 ul AB :p Regardless of what caused it. It's natural selection, if you go online with ANY game 2 weeks before release you're asking for them to check you out. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Damn, AB. Gutted at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 17, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 17, 2009 Reading comprehension ftw. I iz not a bitch, I do not refer to myself as "bitch", no one in my family or friends refers to me as "bitch". :p aka It's not my screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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