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Subject: Host Booting and Network Manipulation

Inb4 Tank 1v1 on Swords Base.

Whats up Reach community?
I'd like to bring to your attention an instance in which I believe several of my team mates were host booted in BTB.

I have video evidence depicting this mysterious pattern of 'quitting'. Please refer to my file share video named 'Host Booting'.

The alleged culprit of this is believed to be "DeathClutchx17". You can confirm he was in this match through the video although suspiciously this game does not exist within my game history for some reason.

The reason behind our suspicion of this particular player is based on the fact that my friend received an Xbox Live message that described this event as premeditated. I will obtain proof of this as soon as I figure out an appropriate method to do so because I obviously can't replicate the authenticity of the message unless we upload a digital photo of it.

To describe the scenario in detail for those of you who haven't seen the video footage it sounds like this. At the 1:30 mark the game begins to intermittently black screen as one by one four players mysteriously quit. I play with these guys frequently and they never quit which is why my suspicion was aroused. Also they are all exceptional players and we run Big Team. So what logical motive do they legitimately even have to quit?

Also another thing that peaked my curiosity is when our four players leave five players on the opposing team also quit. Within the 5 that leave is the assumed culprit. I am not educated in this field I can't explain why it happened but nonetheless its interesting.

I believe that this sort of network manipulation is wrong and requires punitive consequences.

If you think I have posted this in the wrong section or wrong forum please don't troll but instead advise me as to where would be more appropriate. I will update this and provide other instances and I gather more evidentiary support.

  • 12.18.2011 10:05 PM PDT

Sorry, but dont waste your time updating this. No point.

Best you can do is to just report them and move on. Nothing really else that can be done. You can go to 343i, but I doubt they will do anything.

  • 12.18.2011 10:07 PM PDT

This is Bungie and 343i's fault for not providing dedicate servers.

:D I HOSTBOOT too! Waaaahhhh who cares?

  • 12.18.2011 10:08 PM PDT

There's always room for you, If you want to be my friend.

There is nothing you can do except report them. We are powerless to resolve.

  • 12.18.2011 10:29 PM PDT

100% Australian.

My Connection
My House
My Pet

Nice emblem noob.

Just remember that 'host-booting' can take many forms and does not require the offending player to actually be the host in order to do anything. External 'booters' simply require an IP, something which can easily be obtained via programs such as C&A.

I was the first to 'lag out' of that game, and the method by which everyone's names 'blacked out' as I left is unlike anything I've seen, considering DeathClutch was AFK in a hiding spot whilst this took place supports your claim he could have done something, however I have doubts to this also due to previously playing against him with no such cheating occurring.

TL;DR DeathClutch is bad at Halo and if he does do this, he does it out of necessity for being so garbage.

  • 12.18.2011 10:29 PM PDT
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Big Team Battle

Playtime:38d 12h 30m
Kills:81,600
Deaths:14,114
K/D:5.78

hahahahahaha

mad tryhard is mad

get booted you scrandom

[Edited on 12.18.2011 11:13 PM PST]

  • 12.18.2011 11:13 PM PDT

awwww baby got booted from a game geez must really suck getting your own medicine forced down ya throat like ya dad rod every night

  • 12.18.2011 11:15 PM PDT

I would just show your support for dedicated servers on the waypoint forums. Not much you can do within a peer to peer system.

  • 12.18.2011 11:18 PM PDT

Inb4 Tank 1v1 on Swords Base.


Posted by: ICanHasRofl
Nice emblem noob.



TL;DR DeathClutch is bad at Halo and if he does do this, he does it out of necessity for being so garbage.


Haha thanks wasps are my favourite I wish the Banshee was called a Wasp or a Hornet instead of Banshee but they want to keep the Ghost theme alive. If you think I'm copying American kids with this picture think again I sore there emblems after I even knew there was a wasp picture. Also I completely agree with scrubs manipulating the network because they are bad.

  • 12.18.2011 11:30 PM PDT

Inb4 Tank 1v1 on Swords Base.


Posted by: Ex0 Dante
Sorry, but dont waste your time updating this. No point.

Best you can do is to just report them and move on. Nothing really else that can be done. You can go to 343i, but I doubt they will do anything.


How should I go about reporting it? Is there a HR department to call or email?

  • 12.18.2011 11:32 PM PDT

Get rayped.

  • 12.19.2011 12:41 AM PDT

South Australian Halo 3 Tournaments at www.streetgeek.com.au

Posted by: Jamage007
I QUIT MY 1ST GAME IN OVER A YEAR LAST NIGHT

Due to my whole team getting host booted by a bad kid named DeathClutchx17 http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/default.aspx?player=DeathCl utchx17(He actually admitted it) for the 2nd time in 5 games.
Because he and his mates are horrible and we spawn killed them.

We were having a good game the 2nd game as they had a few good BTB players we know on the other team but he had to ruin it by booting everyone on my team except me and a friend of mine in the same house. I went into black screen with our team having 1 wraith, 1 revenant and there Wraith was dead but after black screen there are 2 wraiths and Revenants at our base already driven by good players, combine that with Lag and I wasnt going to stay to give them the satisfaction of spawn killing me. I must of got killed a few times in black screen as I only remember dieing twice. http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/gamestats.aspx?gameid=87625 2982&player=Jamage007

That was mthe 2nd time that night he host booted my team but the 1st time he booted most of his team and we were already in a 20+ kill lead so that didnt work out so well for him.
http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/gamestats.aspx?gameid=87623 0722&player=Jamage007

This is extremly low in my books. I have already filed a complaint along with the rest of the team he did it against.
What else can be done?

(Quote taken from my MM Quiiters thread)

We played him a few more times today, 1 was on my host and apparently its too good and he couldnt do anything his mate said. Then we just dominated them and capped the objective 3 times to win before we all got host booted. He was sitting there afk most the time trying to do it but couldnt in time.

Hopefully he will get what he deserves.

  • 12.19.2011 12:41 AM PDT

Boooooooooted

  • 12.19.2011 12:42 AM PDT

Everytime I see a Mexican or Australian flag in Commview I open my shells for great justice.

  • 12.19.2011 12:48 AM PDT


Posted by: sssstttuuuu
awwww baby got booted from a game geez must really suck getting your own medicine forced down ya throat like ya dad rod every night
get ra.ped by a sword bk

  • 12.19.2011 12:51 AM PDT


Posted by: xSmoothmouse
Everytime I see a Mexican or Australian flag in Commview I open my shells for great justice.
die now

  • 12.19.2011 12:56 AM PDT

You're either first or you're last.

You'll never amount to anything, go back under your bridge.

I am booted in the arena regularly. I actually was booted by the same person twice today, who justified doing so because one of the guys I was searching with played with booters yesterday. It's quite sad, really.

Even worse in BTB...it's not even ranked.

  • 12.19.2011 1:00 AM PDT


Posted by: Dooms Flight
I am booted in the arena regularly. I actually was booted by the same person twice today, who justified doing so because one of the guys I was searching with played with booters yesterday. It's quite sad, really.

Even worse in BTB...it's not even ranked.
doubles is the worst

  • 12.19.2011 1:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dooms Flight
Even worse in BTB...
wut

  • 12.19.2011 1:12 AM PDT

You can either get mad about a horrible in-game connection or you can get even. I choose the latter.

  • 12.19.2011 1:19 AM PDT

If anyone ever smacked me offline I would anonymously rent a server and hold them offline while I falsified federal credentials to force their ISP to turn over their name and home address while I found the best looking brick to break their jaw and orbital bones with.

  • 12.19.2011 1:25 AM PDT


Posted by: MajorGroove
If anyone ever smacked me offline I would anonymously rent a server and hold them offline while I falsified federal credentials to force their ISP to turn over their name and home address while I found the best looking brick to break their jaw and orbital bones with.

  • 12.19.2011 1:29 AM PDT


Posted by: xSmoothmouse
You can either get mad about a horrible in-game connection or you can get even. I choose the latter.
you're retarded and bad at this game mr brigaderp

[Edited on 12.19.2011 1:30 AM PST]

  • 12.19.2011 1:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: ICanHasRofl
Nice emblem noob.


The irony...

  • 12.19.2011 1:40 AM PDT

You guys bridge for host. It's called karma.

  • 12.19.2011 1:41 AM PDT

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