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Hey, question for the next update: There are quite a few glitches that can be just as annoying as mods. Some of these include super jumping and the fact that if a game goes to the blue screen due to someones bad connection and re-sets up the game while you had active camo, it will remain on you until you die. I'm just wondering if there are any plans to fix these in any update. Thanks for all your hard work Bungie, especially all you have been doing to eliminate cheaters! I know some idiots complain about it, claiming you aren't doing anything. I guess they just don't understand that verifying instances of cheating and banning is tough work. Oh well, when your plans for world domination succeed the opinions of the little people won't matter anymore. Thanx again!

  • 07.13.2005 6:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Yonatan
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Posted by: MistaStalker99
One of my friends was banned for not knowing he was going into a modded game, and when he found out that it was modded he tried to leave and he said the opition to leave didnt work, he said it was as if someone was a really good modder and could lock people into a game, thats screwed up!
He should have just switched off his Xbox.


HAHAHA good one. yep, he should've turned off his xbox.


LOL yeah. I can just see it now....
"Jeez, they're modding. I should probably quit."
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"Oh my God, I can't quit. What should I do? I can't even leave the game!! I'm gonna get banned for sure!! After all, it's not like there is a huge POWER BUTTON on the front of my Xbox!"

  • 07.13.2005 6:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: chaud the grunt
I think bungie is doing good banning cheaters and everything but I got screwed. I played to about 4 in the morning and getting stuck with this mod dude but I Kept getting stuck on his team It happened about 5 games in a row. I didn't think anything about it. I thought it was dumb luck. So I muted the guy because he wouldn't shut up and got offline. I wake up the next day to find I'm banned for 2 weeks for sheer dumb luck. I'm a loyal customer to bungie and all but I can't help but be frustrated with this. I hope bungie can locate the actual cheaters.


Hey buddy, do you realize that the chances of you being put on the same guys team 5 games in a row on matchmaking is roughly 300,000 to 1? The chance that you actually did get stuck with him five games in a row is about the same chance you have of ever getting your account back, because you cheat.

  • 07.13.2005 6:20 PM PDT
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Kills from the top of the map, especially in warlock are easy. All you need to do is a super bounce, which Bungie has said on numerous occasions is not cheating.

  • 07.13.2005 6:57 PM PDT
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Can someone tell me who has made these mods?

  • 07.13.2005 7:12 PM PDT
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yes i agree that bungie sucks for banning people for not modding

  • 07.13.2005 7:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: XtornandfrayedX
Kills from the top of the map, especially in warlock are easy. All you need to do is a super bounce, which Bungie has said on numerous occasions is not cheating.

They have said that they will not ban people for exploiting this, as on some maps, it's hard for them to detect it and is becoming more widespread. Xbox Live! could still ban people if one received a lot of cheating feedback.

  • 07.13.2005 10:29 PM PDT
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Hey Frankie -

Now that the 4 "old" new maps have been put into regular matchmaking, there have been modders all over the place - team slayer, double team, rumble pit... everywhere! I know you're well aware of this, which brings me to my question: if you enter team slayer or so alone and are teamed up with modders, except you leave as soon as you realize they're modding, are you safe from being banned? The other team will probably leave you bad feedback anyway, but is there a way for you to see that the honest people left the game to keep them from being banned?

Thanks,
The Vector Kid

  • 07.14.2005 1:54 AM PDT
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Dear Frankie-


I was at a friends house playing rumble preview at Elongation and I had 20 kills and ahead by 7 kills but we went to blue screen and came back everyone was at zero kills i wound up winning still but thats still not that fair.



Thanks,
Spleen

  • 07.14.2005 7:26 AM PDT
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Ok i was playing Rumble Preview on Elongation, I was tearing it up with 20 kills in 1st place and the 2nd place guy had 13 kills, so were playing and we all go to the blue screen where it says its setting up the game so i figured someone is quitting. So heres the problem when I get back to the game 4 people were left and all of the scores were reset. So this obviously got me P.O.ed but luckily I still won with 14 kills. Im just wondering if this has happened before. Thanks

  • 07.14.2005 7:28 AM PDT
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Wow Tello Thats Pretty Much the Exact Same Thing I just said o_O.

  • 07.14.2005 7:30 AM PDT
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eloyman i thiink your full of -blam!- i looked to see if you have ever won a rumble preview and low and behold a big 0 victories so whos lieing you or him what gives if your reporting an actuall problem make sure you experinced it first hand if not then you just spreading rumors and we all know where those lead "dont delete this message or ill be deleted off your friends list" i think we all could live with out going through that how mess.

  • 07.14.2005 9:18 AM PDT
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I don't know if this is the place to post questions for the next update but here goes:

I read that MicroSoft has renewed their license agreement with Fonix for voice recognition.

Couldn't you guys use Fonix on your "next project" on XBox 360 to recognize certain choice expletives and boot these morons from the game? The 360 certainly has the horsepower.

Wouldn't it be great if someone let loose with a stream of racist crap only to find themselves back at their startup screen with a message that says "You have been booted by The Guardians"?

  • 07.14.2005 9:28 AM PDT
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but what about the kids that like to just mess around with it in custom games. like my little brother loves glitches but he doesn't use it during matchmaking. is that a cause for banning?

  • 07.14.2005 10:29 AM PDT
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and what are modd chips and what are there purpose? ive heard rumors of what they can do but how would you get one or even get the idea if someone wasn't marketing to them?

  • 07.14.2005 10:31 AM PDT
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true but what if they get a new xbox???

  • 07.14.2005 11:08 AM PDT
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Ya man what the hell. I was in the middle of a matchmaking game today (I was winning too) and a message pops up saying I have an important message in Account Managment. So I check it out and I am banned. I have no idea what I did wrong. Who knows the email that I can ask questions to about this. I Wanna know why I'm banned!!!!

  • 07.14.2005 11:35 AM PDT
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OK. I got an email back from bungie. Doesn't really explain much. Anyways, here it is.
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Inappropriate Game Play

Do not respond to this email address. It is not monitored.

This email is to notify you that your Xbox Live account privileges have been suspended due to feedback received about your inappropriate game play by other Xbox Live users. During this time, you will not be able to log into Xbox Live. Your Xbox Live privileges will be automatically reinstated at the end of your suspension period. The length of a suspension is generally not announced and is subject to change without prior notice by Xbox Live.

Xbox Live expects that all customers abide by the Xbox Live Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct provides guidelines for appropriate behavior while playing on the Xbox Live service. You can view the Code of Conduct from the Xbox Live Dashboard under Xbox Live Policies in Account Management, or by visiting http://www.xbox.com/en-ca/live/legal/legal-coc.htm. Your failure to abide by the Code of Conduct in the future may result in, among other things, longer suspension periods or cancellation of your account.

If you have any questions regarding the Xbox Live Code of Conduct, please contact Xbox Customer Support.

Thank you

Xbox Live Community Management team
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THEY STILL DIDN'T TELL ME WHAT I GOT BANNED FOR. OK people left feedback. For what? I don't cheat or be an -blam!-. People acuse me of cheating because I superjump. Could that be the reason? This is really -blam!- -blam!- though. -blam!- you Bungie.

  • 07.14.2005 11:41 AM PDT
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A lot of the games I encounter on team preview r from prevoius maps, like warlock or sanctuary. Why is this? Also what do we do when we encounter a team mate on matchmaking who is a moder and wants u to participate?

[Edited on 7/15/2005]

  • 07.14.2005 11:45 AM PDT
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necrsope1019-


"I was at a freinds house" aka on his account

  • 07.14.2005 12:16 PM PDT
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:o i just got banned

  • 07.14.2005 12:21 PM PDT
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I have a question for the next update: Why am I getting booted from games because I accidentally hurt one of my teamates and when he gets killed he thinks I betrayed him and I get the boot? I would like to know if there is a way to fix this.

Thanks

  • 07.14.2005 12:48 PM PDT
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Question for next Update:

Does Matchmaking take the players' overall level into account when matching up a game?

I'm an overall Level 5, but every time I try Head to Head, I list as a Head to Head Level 1. I get paired up against another Level 1, who turns out to be some 20-ish Level player who's never tried Head to Head before and is looking for a new challenge. I get my can handed to me, I stay at Level 1, and the same thing happens over and over.

That was bad enough, but now I've spent over ten bucks on new maps... and, since it's everyone's first time playing Rumble Preview, we're all matchmaking at Level 1, even though most of the other players are Level 15+.

I have no business being in a game with players of that calibre. I don't have any fun playing with them, and they've let it be known that they sure aren't having a lot of fun playing against me.

I thought the entire purpose of the Level system and Matchmaking was to ensure I'm playing with/against other players of my skill level... not just players with the same experience on a certain type of playlist.

Is this going to be worked out in an upcoming Matchmaking update?

  • 07.14.2005 1:59 PM PDT
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Ranzik is right i get booted alot forjust hurting a teammate and im getting sick of it.

  • 07.14.2005 3:25 PM PDT
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I was wondering if it's considered cheating if you corrupt the Warlock file so you cannot load it when you play, because I have been cheated by numerous people and I am sick of leveling down because some little kid with mods can hold the trigger with his full auto BR that has unlimited ammo and spawn kill us.

  • 07.14.2005 3:29 PM PDT