- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: WHITE HORSE
g0dfath3r24 Said:
You figure that 3 thousand people have the Pirated copy by November 11th
By November 11th, 5 million people have the legal copy of Halo 2
Plus, those gamers with the leaked copy might get jealous of XBL, buy an Xbox, get an XBL good gamertag, and get the actual copy of Halo 2. A COMPLETE waste of money, but hell they'd get away w/ it.
BTW, kudos to spnkr. He knows what he's talking about
What you fail to realize is that they don't NEED Xbox Live. People who get bootlegged games use tunneling software like XBOX CONNECT to play online. I am not opposed to Tunneling Software, but tunneling software should have a few regulations placed on it. All they (bootleggers) have to do is wait until the 9th, and then they can start playing thier bootlegged Halo 2 disc over the tunneling software (XBC) which fools system link games into playing over the internet using high-speed (And for some games like RS3, 56k) Internet. it actually works, and is a free alternative to XBL, however with no downloads. It's a good idea for those who can't afford LIVE. However, it's also the playground of bootleggers, and needs to take some steps in stopping bootlegged games from being ran on thier servers. It's a serious problem, and needs to be addressed
Its very true that they can always use XBC. I was on xbconnect and there talking about halo2. Ppl are playing it too, on xbc. However, if u got on da website, u'll c that the admin (biohazard) is not supporting this and is gonna ban anyone who plays halo2 on xbc. He has shut down some of the forums, and most likely he will shut down the halo2 being played, as well as ban the accounts.