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Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
Microsoft and Bungie have reportedly banned a Halo 3 fan from Xbox Live for more than 7,000 years after he got his hands on the Halo 3 Epsilon test build.
Neither company has officially confirmed it, but we've spoken to sources close to both and they didn't refute it.
The subject of this story, as GameSpot reports, is a chap who goes by the name "Scar" - a dedicated Xbox fan who says that he was given the Epsilon build by a friend.
Having "played it for maybe six hours or so all alone", he was then booted off every time he tried to load it up. When he tried to go online the next day, he discovered he had been banned until 31st December, 9999.
Which is quite a lot of time to get banned for, and it sounds like he isn't alone, having said publicly that other people who'd experienced the mega-ban had contacted Microsoft support "and had no luck".
He says he's not going to appeal the ban.
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Der_tolle_Emil
10/09/07 @ 09:08
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Interesting story. Did he have a developer's machine or are the pre release versions also digitally signed so they run on regular 360s too?
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wobbly_Bob
10/09/07 @ 09:11
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9999? What a coincidence, that's the same amount of months it took to get my 360 back from the repair centre!
Personally, I think he is lucky that they didn't send round the Microsoft Ninjas.
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GamesProgrammer
10/09/07 @ 09:26
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@wobbly_Bob
If there the same coding ninjas that work on the backwards compatibility i think he could of taken them as they seem to be pretty lame. |
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He apparently has four 360s at home, not including his Dad's - he repairs 360s for a living. Nice job for a 17 year old! SO he's not that fussed even if they do ban his machine!
Last I heard on the forums he came onto, Microsoft were going to forgive and forget as long as he maintained his silence on the game. |
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The Epsilon is run from an actual DVD9 though I'm a bit suprised as usually these only run on dev machines or reviewer machines.
He would have lit up some red flags as his user profile wouldn't have the necessary developer flags on the account. His friend if anything, should have known this and giving him the Epsilon could be seen as a deliberate account killer! Chances are Scar got hold of the Epsilon through dodgy means as otherwise you'd need to wonder what idiot would have given it to him. His "Friend" could easily have let him play it on his account without any fear of reprisal as that account would be correctly flagged. That way Microsoft know it's an authorised person playing. |
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He apparently has four 360s at home, not including his Dad's - he repairs 360s for a living. Nice job for a 17 year old! SO he's not that fussed even if they do ban his machine!
That won't help him much with an ultra ban. They will ban his machine, account, his credit card, all credit cards on the same address and all accounts link to them if they want it. Last I heard on the forums he came onto, Microsoft were going to forgive and forget as long as he maintained his silence on the game. I very much doubt that this is the truth. He willingly bought stolen goods and this is by all means industrial espionage. I wouldn't be surprised if ms or the justice department sued him at some point in the future. |
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@ Penhalion
Scar said some mother at MS got the Epsilon for her son, then some guys got it off him (he doesn't say with the son's permission) using some kind of hack and made a copy of it. Apparently about 100 people got hold of it, all told - he is just one of the many to get caught with it online (which you have to be to make the Epsilon work, even in single-player). @ Xerx3s Hey, just reporting what he said. Thing is, as he's under 18, he won't have a credit card, so he won't have any real kind of personal credit history, making him a bit harder to pin down and ban permanently. I'll keep an eye on that forum and see what else he says. As a side-note, got the impression Scar was a UK player. Could be wrong, just didn't feel like he was an American... |
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SomaticSense
10/09/07 @ 11:40
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"Could he not just create a new profile or something?"
That's exactly why he's a complete fucking idiot. |
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I'd agree with the whole "publicity stunt" idea (a lot is being made of the 7,000 years when 9999 is probably just the max-date allowed). To be honest, if Scar wasn't selling the game, I don't think he should be punished - I'm sure, like the rest of us, he'll be buying the game anyway. To be honest, if I got my hands on the Epsilon build, I would play it too......
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saysomething
14/09/07 @ 19:12
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"To be honest, if I got my hands on the Epsilon build, I would play it too......"
Knowing I could be in for all sorts of trouble, I probably would as well. |
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