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Subject: The only "omg I gut EXP banned for NO RAISON" thread
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Posted by: TornELITE 777
I woke up today to find that i was permantly banned from earning exp. I know i wasnt cheating cuz honestly this ranking system is bs but now that its new i cant level up cuz i gots banned. I not typeing this to cry about how i got banned i am only looking for suggestions on how to get unbanned and how to prove i was not cheating because honestly i find this to be exteremely unfair. I mean they took away my fileshare and now My rank. This is unfair i may have deserved my banning of fileshare but this is just crule.

EVEN IF I WAS CHEATING I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WARNED THEY DID THE SAME WITH MY FILE SHARE BUT NOW MY RANK I MEAN WHATS NEXT IM NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY COSTOM GAMES THEY MIGHT AS WELL COME TO MY HOUSE AND STEAL HALO 3 RIGHT FROM ME BECAUSE DAY BY DAY BUNGIE IS STRIPPING ME OF MY PRIVLAGES. BUNGIE IF YOUR READING THIS GOOD BECAUSE YOU JUST LOST ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS/SUPPORTERS By The way this was my first offense not my third AND I AM INNOCENT BECAUSE I SAY SO AND BUNGIE CANT PUT ME DOWN SO NOW I CANT WAIT TILL GEARS 2 COMES OUT CUZ THATS ALL I WILL BE PLAYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


So you know you weren't cheating hu?


what about these?
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=757940 965&player=TornELITE%20777
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=757948 887&player=TornELITE%20777
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=757952 842&player=TornELITE%20777
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=757965 050&player=TornELITE%20777
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=757979 117&player=TornELITE%20777
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=757989 607&player=TornELITE%20777
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=758010 632&player=TornELITE%20777
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=756811 436&player=TornELITE%20777
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=756801 535&player=TornELITE%20777

And that's just on the first page of games......

By the way, that's what boosting is and is why you are exp banned. Don't worry, it's only for two weeks..... judging by how much you've done it, I'd say you're getting off light.

  • 09.30.2008 12:03 AM PDT

Where did that ban thread go...

Posted by: Shishka
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Hi, i made a thread about this, but after reading some post it say'd All exp boosting after TU2 will result in a 2 week exp ban, i wasn't online for 2 months, came online to the halo 3 main menu saying my 360 account has been banned, and my 360 console has been banned, could you find the reason for this, or was it my previous actions that got me banned? Because i 100% admit, i boosted grifball over the last summer.


An account on your 360, Deception 73, was EXP banned for boosting:

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=754736 654&player=Deception%2073
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=754740 712&player=Deception%2073
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=754742 815&player=Deception%2073


Also boosting

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=756231 857&player=Deception%2073
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=756228 626&player=Deception%2073
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=756223 236&player=Deception%2073
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=756217 516&player=Deception%2073


Holy, looking at the last 5 pages of your game histroy, all games have been boosted, thats 120 games!

  • 09.30.2008 12:07 AM PDT

"I was just trying to get Yorick" Crazy thing is me and my party played 50 Games and still no Oddball loaded. I now understand that's counting as cheating after I 've been banned and i'm sorry. Yep enough said for me. I'm not a booster in anyway.

  • 09.30.2008 12:42 AM PDT
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my friend got banned for being partied up with some one who used a lag switch he no longer can use his acct so he made a new one

any help here?

he called x-box support they said there is nothing they can do for him

  • 09.30.2008 12:55 AM PDT
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wow, it strikes me just how many people's questions would be answered if they just read the thread theyre commenting on and oh by the way i think you've hit the nail right on the head with this one, yay 4 shiska!!

  • 09.30.2008 1:29 AM PDT
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lol ok so are you really sure its 2 weeks i mean all i did was get the double double and the 3 assinations and it said my console was banned and my account was banned and it didnt say how long it just said that i was banned form gaining exp.

  • 09.30.2008 2:43 AM PDT

I'm talking bang! I'm talking guns, I'm talking people like Uzi MC, the Blood Rap Movement, Herman the Tosser... how do you feel when young people are presented with the sort of stuff that they're churning out?

Me and a mate were playing on DLC FFA hoping to get infection. It was just the pair of us in the same party (using the same console actually, each with our own gamertag)

Anyway, we got matchmade up agains two other guys who also had two "guests" each. I say "guests" cos there was no one there, the "guests" just stood there.

Now, cos ive read on the forums the kind of things people get up to i knew what their game was straight away, they we're simply going for easy kills/acheivements and told my mate about said "tactic"

We played the first round properly, just running off and trying to hide (me and a mate were on the Human side) but the guys with the "guests" just slaughtered their dummies and ended up winning the round.

Next round came up, i said that this kind of play works both ways so me and my mate just cut down all the dummy "guests" and racked up our score.

Round three came up and the two players just quit, taking their "guests" with them and the match automatically ended.

I havent been online since (what with the Live downtime and all) and i was hoping that the autobanhammer will be able to recognise the fact we werent partied up with these losers but simply took advantage of the situation. It was either that or quit the game, which we didnt want to do.

Is there a chance i might be on the recieving end of an Xp ban (sorry for the wall of text)

  • 09.30.2008 3:00 AM PDT

T.T.F.N- Cruise Davis

you know what? you guys did deserve to get banned for EXP boosting, and for cheating to get the achievements (i dont nescesarily agree on the later part, but you are getting EXP for it so...) after a lengthy descussion with Recon 54 (forum ninja) in one thread, i understand the banhammer.... for the most part, but that is because of my fortunate discussion with him about it, where he explained a lot to me, and i thank him.

but bungie this is on you too, as much as it is on the players. if you guys didnt want to see this 'boosting for achievements' you should have made them all ranked, that was the easiest thing to do (i know what went through my head at first was to jsut cheat to get them, when i seen they would be on social)

i think Bungie needs to give us a lengthly Q and A about how the bansystem works. instead of having this thread being flamed (like what i am doing)

[Edited on 09.30.2008 3:28 AM PDT]

  • 09.30.2008 3:27 AM PDT

Have I got a message, if I got EXP banned? I think, that I got banned, but I find it verry unfair… Because I know people, who boosted now there General in Social Slayer and the don’t get banned…
Shishka, if I get banned, I want just know for what… Because, I didn’t boosted really much… If I am wrong, then I am wrong. But I want to know it.

  • 09.30.2008 3:35 AM PDT

wat the hell im not gaining exp i just won like 6 team double matches in a row and i still have 7 exp i havent got banned and iknow i have never boosted i does this have something to do with the maintenance bekus also i ve never gotten a notice saying ive been banned


my GT is Compton Goon

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  • 09.30.2008 3:38 AM PDT

this is the other player i was playing with that didnt get exp or ranked either kill yeself423
my GT is Compton Goon

  • 09.30.2008 3:48 AM PDT

Posted by: Shishka
If you've been EXP banned, and you believe yourself to be innocent, post here. But first, let's get some nonsense out of the way:

- If you're cheating to get Achievements, you're still cheating. The banhammer is aimed at the behavior, not the intent. "I was just trying to get Yorick" won't get you out of the EXP ban.
- No, people aren't getting banned just because they play a lot with their friends. There's a difference between boosting and actually playing with friends, and we can tell the difference.
- If you haven't been banned, you won't see a message that says you have. Be careful that you did not confuse what we call the "nag message" that we introduced after TU2 with a ban message. Don't try to stir people up by claiming to be unjustly banned when you are not.
- All EXP bans given out so far are considered "first offense" bans. Two weeks is the duration for a first offense. The degree and duration of ban increases if you're caught cheating again.
- As is said on http://www.bungie.net/ban, it is not our problem if it is your brother, cousin, best friend, mom, dad, girlfriend, boyfriend, or kitten that got your console banned. If it turns out that your gamertag is suffering from their wrongdoing, that is an issue you'll have to take up with them.
- If you are "not sure" if you've been banned, then you haven't been. People who get banned are notified very clearly.

That should cover it. Post away! Keep it civil. People who get belligerent about their ban, especially when it's justified, are just going to get themselves in more trouble.

[Edit] One other thing: This is now the ONLY thread for discussion on EXP bans. Any new threads created to argue a ban will get locked.
Thank you for officially addressing the achievement issue. This banhammer is very sensitive, and I like it that way, I just wish I had known how sensitive before I was trying to get APY (as quickly as possible). I do have one question though, as an entrenched member of the community, does this ban put me on the Recon blacklist?

  • 09.30.2008 3:49 AM PDT

Ah, ok... Then I think, every thing is clear for me... But it's just unfair, if I get banned for 1 Archievement and not for boosting 10000 EXP...

  • 09.30.2008 3:55 AM PDT
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Ok so "If you are "not sure" if you've been banned, then you haven't been. People who get banned are notified very clearly." - I have definitely not been notified very clearly, but seem to have stopped earning EXP as of a couple of days ago.

I'm playing team slayer, and when I win I get nothing. Will this get resolved? Or am I banned?

  • 09.30.2008 3:58 AM PDT

thats wat happened to me but today i played as sonn as xboxlive wwent back up wonder if its that

  • 09.30.2008 4:05 AM PDT
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so did you stop earning exp after xbox live went back up, or start earning again once it went back up? i was fine (i think) until it went offline yesterday.

  • 09.30.2008 4:11 AM PDT
Subject: The only "omg I gut EXP banned for NO RAISON" thread

I DONT EVEN HAVE ANY ACHIEVEMENTS IN MATCHMAKING BESIDES MVP, I ONLY PLAY WITH MYSELF ON THIS ACCOUNT AND I RECEIVE NO EXP FOR WINNING MY GAMES IN TS? FIX IT PLEASE BUNGIE

  • 09.30.2008 4:17 AM PDT
Subject: Not earning EXP
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yea i have this problem with not gaining any exp since live went back up and ive recieved no message saying ive been banned

  • 09.30.2008 4:18 AM PDT
Subject: The only "omg I gut EXP banned for NO RAISON" thread

OK I need some help here. So, right after the XBL 24hr upgrade thing I get back on XBL and start playing DLC BTB. After I win a game I notice that my Exp isn't going up, so I win/tie a few more, still it doesn't go up. I then enter into a game of RP just to see if it's that playlist, and sure enough, no exp. I didn't think I was banned because I never got any message saying that I was, so perhaps this is a glitch due to the new update. I was gaining exp like normal before the XBL update/maint, and now I can't get any.

Help please

Edit: I guess a lot of other people are having the same problem.

[Edited on 09.30.2008 4:25 AM PDT]

  • 09.30.2008 4:18 AM PDT
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Well heres the deal i join my freinds party and the dude has recon so im like sweet RECONSSS and he starts up the game and says....i jacked this recon.....i was like oh **** and the next thing i know i cant play xbox live on halo 3 at all!!!! you can even check my recents games if u dont beleive me.....

  • 09.30.2008 4:22 AM PDT
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Posted by: St MiRe
OK I need some help here. So, right after the XBL 24hr upgrade thing I get back on XBL and start playing DLC BTB. After I win a game I notice that my Exp isn't going up, so I win/tie a few more, still it doesn't go up. I then enter into a game of RP just to see if it's that playlist, and sure enough, no exp. I didn't think I was banned because I never got any message saying that I was, so perhaps this is a glitch due to the new update. I was gaining exp like normal before the XBL update/maint, and now I can't get any.

Help please

Edit: I guess a lot of other people are having the same problem.


I am having the exact same problem, no warning message nothing. I haven't boosted achievements or EXP. I invite you to check my games, please check them even, I don't think I've done anything wrong.

Maybe it is just a glitch after the Xbox Live maintenance.

  • 09.30.2008 4:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: bign3man
Well heres the deal i join my freinds party and the dude has recon so im like sweet RECONSSS and he starts up the game and says....i jacked this recon.....i was like oh **** and the next thing i know i cant play xbox live on halo 3 at all!!!! you can even check my recents games if u dont beleive me.....


It looks like something dodgy went on here, here is his thread on it I wasn't there but if what he says is true somethings amiss. xoxo

  • 09.30.2008 4:28 AM PDT

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Posted by: St MiRe
OK I need some help here. So, right after the XBL 24hr upgrade thing I get back on XBL and start playing DLC BTB. After I win a game I notice that my Exp isn't going up, so I win/tie a few more, still it doesn't go up. I then enter into a game of RP just to see if it's that playlist, and sure enough, no exp. I didn't think I was banned because I never got any message saying that I was, so perhaps this is a glitch due to the new update. I was gaining exp like normal before the XBL update/maint, and now I can't get any.

Help please

Edit: I guess a lot of other people are having the same problem.


I am having the exact same problem, no warning message nothing. I haven't boosted achievements or EXP. I invite you to check my games, please check them even, I don't think I've done anything wrong.

Maybe it is just a glitch after the Xbox Live maintenance.


Apparently a lot of people are suffering from this problem, it must have to due with the new xbl update.

  • 09.30.2008 4:31 AM PDT
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Blacklisted - 2 times.

Yeah, well, I'm not earning any EXP at the moment, just won 3 games in Social Slayer.

I have not recieved any notification of an EXP ban what so ever.

I had 7 Social Slayer EXP when I started the night.

I have played 5 games, won 3 and still have 7 EXP.

And I repeat, no warning of an EXP ban or a notification. At all.

  • 09.30.2008 4:44 AM PDT

Halo is not Jesus. So, don't crucify it for not understanding it's power.

I certainly have done nothing wrong and have received no message but still am not gaining EXP. Thought I would contribute in order to support anyone else having the same difficulties.

UPDATE - Ignore this post as it seems many people are having the same problem.

[Edited on 09.30.2008 5:00 AM PDT]

  • 09.30.2008 4:52 AM PDT