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Posted by: Rakdos
Haha, funny. Reminds me of the days when I played Counter Strike and put up with "hackers".
Anyways, being a noob when it comes to Live, what is modding, bridging, and boosting. No clue what they are, but I'd like to know what to avoid since I'm about to get my first Live account. Definitions?



basically all different ways of maniuplating the map file/connection to cause an unfair advantage for you


bridging: i sold my xbox 360 for undisclosed reasons when this got started, but im pretty sure its a way of changing the host of a game so they can mod easyer...

standby-ing: i think its almost obsolete, but it is a way oc lagging everyone that is playing the game ecept you, (blue screening other players while you can still move)

secondary standby-ing: once again something that im not to familiar of, but i think its when someone tampers with there own connection so they can stand still somewhere to everyone else, but they are moving on there screen, and when it is over, they come back to there body, an easy way of getting the flag in CTF

modding: basically map mods which are the biggest pain in the ass of all, the modder tampers with their map file so they can have a HUGE unfair advantage...so next time when your playing halo 2 and you see a warthog flying by, or someone 3000 feet in the air nailing headshots with a battle rifle, you know that they are modding


boosting: even tho its been going around for ever, im still not to familiar of it, im pretty sure its when 2 groups of people go into matchmaking at the same time, thus fighting each other, and one team loses automatically/quits as soon as the game starts thus boosting up the other peoples levels.

sorry this isnt to helpful i havent played halo 2 in about 5 months, but lucky for me im getting a 360 again soon...and i cant wait to hop back into halo 2

EDIT: whoops forgot to quote the person asking the question my bad :)

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  • 05.22.2006 6:34 PM PDT
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I stop playing halo 2 because of cheaters. I feel a little better after reading some sad excuse of these dumb people trying to say they aren't cheating. I wish bungie or xbox live would ban their whole account and credit card. Frankie, is it possible to do this kind of post once a week or something about cheater's email to get unbanned?

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It was great to read those cheaters plea for their Halo lives.It is a good thing that you guys at Bungie are banning the very people(cheaters)that are taking the fun out of matchmaking so the legit players can have fun playing instead of of getting demolished by some fifteen year old punk with a mod.I stoped playing matchmaking for a little while because I couldn't level up cause it seemed like every other match was against over-confident,arrogent,and extremely disrespectful cheaters.Thanks Bungie and keep up the good work.

P.S. I can't wait For Halo 3!!!!!!!!!! I know you guys will do a great job on it because you are the best and you never let the greatest fanbase in the world down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • 05.22.2006 6:35 PM PDT

"You have been measured, you have been weighed: And you have been found lacking."

Priceless...

I wondor if they'll ever figure out playing legit DOESN'T result in a ban.

I especially enjoyed the last one.

People can be so funny sometimes...

And downright arrogant
Ignorant.

And stupid...

  • 05.22.2006 6:35 PM PDT
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that is raelly funny i love it that kid just got served

  • 05.22.2006 6:36 PM PDT
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"One guy on the red team tried to secondary standby us but I sniped him before he could do it!! Everybodys connection was red and except for the secondary standbyer. So he’s the cheater, NOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

That is the dummest thing I've ever heard. First off, secondary standby can't even be used to gain an advantage anymore. Secondly, if someone was to secondary standby the opposite would happen- he would go red, everyone else would stay good. The only case where there would be one single person full green with the rest red would be if two people are team standbying. The host would stay red (though he wouldn't feel the lag cause he's host) and his friend would be green.

  • 05.22.2006 6:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: 8th Time's the Charm
but Ive never cheated more then 8 times that I can remember

ROFL WAFFLES!!!

Posted by: The Saga of Sadness
well even if i did bridge on –blam!- that didn't give you guys the right to ban –blam!- or –blam!-.

Oh... They have every right. Dumbass.

Posted by: The Saga of Sadness
i figure it is bull-blam!- that you and xbox live can ban me for something without warning. I was never warned for either account.

A warning? This guy expected warnings? The Terms of Use are more warning than he could possibly need. This bastard disgusts me.

Highly amusing update.

  • 05.22.2006 6:37 PM PDT
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Ahhh dude thats great, people serriousley need to get a life. Even if you would give them back their accounts, what do you think they would do again? CHEAT

  • 05.22.2006 6:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: urdadddy
Im glad that cheaters get band, who cares if they do. the first thing true about cheaters is they obveously have no life and cheat at a videogame. A VIDEOGAME wow, i love this game to death but now im forces to play custom games, and matchmaking on a lower acc. that i wont be cheated on. the true legit player does not care about their rank. if i lost my 36 to cheaters i would be upset, but if i lost it legit, then i would be happy. giving expierience points to those who deserve it makes me feel like i can actually play the game. anyone out there that cheats i will play any of you head to head, and win. i dont care if you get a legit 45, the only reason you would get cheated down to a 41 is if you were a retard and join random peoples boxes. i used to cheat and im telling you now. who cares about the -blam!- number or symbol next to your name. people that play legit should not care about their rank. because if they get a 45 legit and get cheated down to a 41, then everyone knows that cheaters exist in the live community, and they also know that the 41 is a legit 45. i like the ranks in this game but one way to solve all cheating is to GET RID OF THE RANK SYSTEM i dont care a damn about my rank. and even if i did i would still play more custom games then matchmaking because of the cheaters. i realy wish that bungie would just take out the rank system so that i could play legit games. and if -blam!-s still cheated i would quit and play another game. its simple.
another thing is when someone bridges for host they could be doing one of two things. A: cheating B: trying to not get cheated. but those who complain of getting cheated. learn how to not be a retard. when you get your host boxes they cant bridge. bingo. and to solve the modding, xbox live can stop giving out 2 months in games. simple to stop cheating you just get rid of what -blam!-s cheat for. The ranks.

Oh goodness... Please, don't try to help.

  • 05.22.2006 6:40 PM PDT
Subject: The Bungie Waaahmbulance
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Carrots.

Heh.
Well, it would be funny if they had accounts on bungie.net, all the members would MSG them and send them bad messeges!
Oh well, at least now we know bungie is helping as best they can to keep modders, bridgers, standbyers, and anything else unfair away from Halo 2, they're trying people, they can't catch them all.
Stop complaining!

  • 05.22.2006 6:41 PM PDT
Subject: bridging, modding, standbying, or any other thing that -blam!-s do ...
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I really do think though that the people that go around spamming these forums with cheater complaints (whom I know read this and take much satisfaction out of this story) are just as bad to the community as the cheaters themselves. They're loud, obnoctious, and they ruin the forum experience for us just as cheaters ruin game experience.

Oh and also another thing I'd like to bring up is while you guys think you're doing great deturring them with bans, the truth of it is that most of them just make new accounts. They expect bans. They wait for bans, its a thrill to them to see how long they can piss people off before that goddamn BUNGIE ruins it for them, at which time they make a new account and start over.

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  • 05.22.2006 6:42 PM PDT
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i just wanted to say "bungie!! keep doin ya thizzle"!!! lmao. i think the best one wuz when the person asked you why would you ban someone from matchmaking for cheating? ummmmm...i think you just answered your own question my man!! its "CHEATING"!!! therfore it is WRONG!! i guess some people don't posses enough common sense to figure it out, but then again, if sense was common then alot more people would have it! lol.im 27yrs old and im a military vet who recently returned from iraq (which makez me a 27yr old war vet also for the slow people)lol. i picked up on halo and halo2 not even a year ago, so im still fairly new to thiz "halo world", im also fairly new to xbox live as well. im a "LEGIT" 28, (which probably doesn't sound like much now but keep in mind i've only been playing for a couple of months) and i've seen it all in this short time of playing online. i've come across bridgers, stand- by'ers, and modders, some all within the space of four consecutive games!! i believe the halo games themselves are meant to be played with "SKILL" rather than "CHEAP CHEAT TATICS"! how can u say you are good at something when u "CHEAT" at it. "CHEATING" (for you slow people once again) provides one's self with an unfair advantage over an opponent, now how can you call that skill??? play the game the way it was meant to be played, people should respect you more for being a "LEGIT" 19 than for being a "MODDED" half moon! thank you bungie for listening and thank you again for you best efforts in keeping halo and halo2 a game of "SKILL AND STRATEGY" rather than a game of "CHEATERS AND SORE LOSERS". oh and by the way for the guy that wuz banned on "ALL 3 ACCOUNTZ"!! shoulda stopped after the first one buddy, or read the agreement a l-i-t-t-l-e more carefully!!! lmao. LATERZ BUNGIE!!!!!!!!

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  • 05.22.2006 6:46 PM PDT
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Id also like to point out that these people cant even spell properly. Such things like band instead of banned. Jez these people need to start going to school cuz they arnt that bright.

  • 05.22.2006 6:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: urdadddy
wow you -blam!- bungie got rid of secondary standby before i had live, ive heard this. -blam!- you dont complane. the fact that you complane makes it even more obveous that you cheat. well now that your band you can go soft mod a guest in a custom and pretend that your all legit and at the same time what little dick you have rots off. -blam!- you again, dont cheat -blam!- like i said in my other post, a legit player does not have to cheat to get their rank up.


hahahhahahha will you fly my plane

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i really liked the guy who couldnt even defend him self and his ''lawyer'' had to help him

  • 05.22.2006 6:49 PM PDT

If ya can't take the heat, step away from the rocket launcher.

If you don't join The Spartan Army, you could wind up at the end of our barrel, and we know you don't want to be there.

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If you're going to brag about being better than modders, then don't boost. It may not be cheating, but playing with people who are better than you, yet are a lower levels so you can get easier wins, isn't exactly something to brag about. Even if those people who were banned never played legit, they could still do quite the number on your rep. Just thought you might want to know. I also know that sometimes it's nice to play with your friends, no matter what their current level or skill, but don't make a bad habit of it, at least if they are always the skill of a 40, yet are a level 4. Also I wouldn't post your gamertag, at least if you don't want people to see how bad you do (from what I saw though, only the games with two of your friends, who you seemed to play a lot with). I've deleveled 3 times (with 3 friends, so as not to piss anyone off or make them lose their levels) and every time I can get to a 31 fairly easily. That's pretty much where I seem to get the barrier of cheaters. I don't play much TS anymore though, so it might be better.

  • 05.22.2006 6:51 PM PDT

Leave No Man Behind

i think the waaaaambalance is a funny idea well it is so kooli like the smiley face on the turet

  • 05.22.2006 6:51 PM PDT

Rock On.

Wow. That was awesome. You guys should definitely post some more funny ones in the future.

  • 05.22.2006 6:53 PM PDT
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Ahh those god damn stolers always stolein stuff ... haha i hate when that happens

  • 05.22.2006 6:54 PM PDT
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tell me guys how long do you think it will take to get all the -blam!- circle-boosters banned then the boosters just say i could own 1v1 when you say their not legit then you beat 10-0 and they leave in postgame

  • 05.22.2006 6:54 PM PDT
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Less self-righteous posturing and ad hominem attacks will keep this thread open and its participants' posting privileges retained.

this sounds like the pathetic excuses CRIMINALS come up with while getting arrested. i guess the cheaters are the same type of people

that was HILLAROIUS

  • 05.22.2006 6:56 PM PDT
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haha so ur saying u have a legit 45+ and u havent cheated once to get there?!? haha thats as funny as these kids pleading for their accounts back!!

  • 05.22.2006 6:57 PM PDT