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Subject: Know a guy who is planning to standby.
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While I was playing some custom maps I get an invite from a guy I recently added to my friends list. Seems like a nice enough guy, younger than I am but normally level headed. Anyway, I pop in on his invite and he tells me that he wants to practice standbying. i asked him why he would want to do that and he (of course) replies, "So I can party up and own people. I want to level up faster".

I tell him that it's a bad idea and that he could get banned. He says that because it takes so many complaints and a person almost never gets caught with the banhammer, it makes the possible rewards outweigh the risks.

I've alread ysent a message to the ninjas asking their recommendations. They said that there is little Bungie can do with someone who is "planning" on doing something wrong until they actually commit the act. They reiterated that the Banhammer is set-up to detect standbying but that the system is not perfect. they recommended that if I am aware of a specific game that the player has used standbying in I should send the gamelink to an email link they provided and they would look into it.

Problem with that is I don't ever plan on playing with this guy again so I will probably never be privy to whatever games he actually uses the tactic in.

I posted beause I wanted to know what the other players think. While I don't want to snitch out somebody for minor offenses, I consider standbying the worst form of cheating and would not feel bad dropping a dime on somebody who would do it.

Oh yeah, if I can't convince him otherwise I'm going to post his gamertag on the forums.

[Edited on 07.25.2007 4:02 PM PDT]

  • 07.25.2007 4:01 PM PDT
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I think you should tell his mom. :)
No you did the right thing so just relax and if he asks you again delete him.

[Edited on 07.25.2007 4:03 PM PDT]

  • 07.25.2007 4:02 PM PDT

No Matter the Size, Finish the Fight.

I definitely approve of making sure that he is banned if he even attempts to standby. Players who have to use cheats to achieve rewards from normal play are really just pathetic to me.

  • 07.25.2007 4:18 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

The Banhammer is crap. He'll have several 50s before anything happens.

  • 07.25.2007 4:19 PM PDT
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I don't trust people with really high levels. I usually think people in the upper 30s and lower 40s are legit and pretty darn good. They would be higher if not for cheaters.

  • 07.25.2007 4:25 PM PDT
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what exactly does "standbye" mean. Is it just doing nothing the whole time?

  • 07.25.2007 4:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: A Deaf Boy
what exactly does "standbye" mean. Is it just doing nothing the whole time?

standbying is judt pausing the internet connection repeatedly when u have connection host

  • 07.26.2007 11:38 AM PDT
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lets be honest how much does bungie care about people using unjust means to get levels, look at all the circle boosters, do u know how eeasy it would be to ban them?, look at all the high levels, theyve all done it and you can see it in thier game stats, kina pathetic on bungies part if u ask me...

  • 07.26.2007 12:26 PM PDT
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its not hard to rank up at all, ill go in with my team or at least 3 of my team and 1 of our backups and we will win just every game we play except when theres a garbage connection and even then we barely lose so if you just get with some good ppl it shouldnt be a problem to rank up at all.

  • 07.26.2007 2:53 PM PDT

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Depends how well you know him, and where I work, Loyalty above all else except honour.

  • 07.26.2007 3:09 PM PDT
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You are doing the right thing. If he has his email on his profile, give it to us. we'll feed it to the spambots!

  • 07.26.2007 3:38 PM PDT