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i bought this xbox on ebay and i think its host banned i made xboxlive and everything i was playing halo 2 and i never get host how come i am host banned im guessing i am hostbanned

  • 12.20.2007 2:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: iNaDeI2
i bought this xbox on ebay and i think its host banned i made xboxlive and everything i was playing halo 2 and i never get host how come i am host banned im guessing i am hostbanned
There is no such thing as host ban. It's the person with the best connection who gets host.

  • 12.20.2007 5:28 PM PDT
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Actually there is such thing as a host ban, if bungie detects that you cheat in matchmaking via standby etc, they can fix it to where you can't get host. I know this cause i am in fact host banned, now i dont know how they do this but i guess that it is either through your ip adress, or the serial number on the bottom of your xbox. I don't think its through your ip because my friend is hostbanned and his ip changes everytime he resets his xbox, and he is still unable to get host. All i know is that it carries over to all the accts used on that xbox. So you either cheated and are facing the consequences of having done so by not being able to get host or you just have a plain old -blam!- connection. Either way id be pretty pissed if i bought an xbox that was hostbanned because playing off host in halo 2 sucks, compared to playing off host in halo 3, halo 2s off host br sucks and is unfair especially when going up against host.

  • 12.21.2007 7:02 AM PDT