CoD 4 beta exploit not causing mass banning

Posted Sep 7th 2007 9:00AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News

Earlier yesterday we mentioned that some users got into the Call of Duty 4 beta via a Gamertag recovery exploit and that those who did it were getting banned from Xbox Live for 24 hours. But, we guess that's not exactly the case. Major Nelson talked with the Xbox Live banhammer folks and confirmed with them that they are NOT banning tens of thousands of Gamertags specifically related to the beta exploit, but could and presumably are banning those who violate the Xbox Live terms of service agreement. See, according to Major this exploit technically violates said TOS agreement, so the banhammer team could ban your account if they are in the banning mood. Confused a little? Don't worry, we are too.

Breaking everything down we get that they are not banning 20,000+ Gamertags who did the CoD 4 beta exploit, but will ban those who they feel broke the TOS, which could be anyone who participated in the beta exploit. Ahh heck, stay safe in your Xbox Live adventures and learn from this little fiasco that those who don't play fair will have their conscience eat away at their soul forever ... or something like that.

Tags: callofduty4, cod4, cod4modernwarfare, infinityward

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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9-07-2007 @ 9:10AM

JamieBoi V2 said...

Well I'm Still In ;)

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9-07-2007 @ 9:33AM

LiquidPlague said...

My "conscience" is clean. I got in on the first Friday night and only play when I'm conscious.

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9-07-2007 @ 10:04AM

xenocidic said...

anyone else just happily waiting for retail? lol

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9-07-2007 @ 10:24AM

DjDATZ said...

I just bullshat my application for the beta, said I was in the US and got my token. W00t for me! :D

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9-07-2007 @ 10:32AM

Pos said...

Mass banns of people will not start before Halo 3 is out we all know that they folow the tradition of banns with halo games.
Halo 2 halo 3 beta and the final halo 3.

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9-07-2007 @ 10:43AM

Mike said...

They are gonna do the 20k Ban the day halo goes out... to punish the people for playing cod4 when they shouldn't have... HA!

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9-07-2007 @ 1:53PM

John Doe said...

What ever if they bann me when halo comes out ill be Pisssssssed Do it micosoft. ill get you back.

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9-07-2007 @ 2:48PM

Justin Maldonado said...

This is all extremly stupid. This wasnt an "exploit", it was a mistake on their part. I go over to a friends house and download it on his 360 so I can show him the game, then when I leave its still on his system and now he isnt allowed to touch it? Bull shit, its a free download that is on his system and playable under his tag. Stop calling it an exploit and treating it like some violation of terms, cause its all playable with out any devious or manipulative process. They fucked up in more ways than one, but they want us to pay. No one could even visit the site for tokens, or sign up later when they were being handed out and that is the problem.

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9-08-2007 @ 12:30AM

Joe said...

Waah, waah, waah.

I got into the beta just fine. Entered the lottery (you do know the site was up for 24 hours before they closed the lottery, right?) and got my slip. You guys need to stop bitching about something free and exclusive. They didn't HAVE to give it to you. Life isn't always just cake and happiness.

And as for you people from around the world who fudged the rules: I hope my massive scorn levels aimed at you hurt, because you're making us lag. Once again, it was free and they didn't have to give it to you, so you should have just waited.

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