Wouldn't it be 100% up to them to choose when they ban players? In my opinion, the banned kids have nothing to say but "LOL yep, we fucked up. We probably shouldn't have done something that illegal and unfair to the producers of these games. I knew what I was getting into."
You may not agree with what Microsoft is doing, but at least they're playing fair. IANAL but I don't think this lawsuit stands a chance, especially in America.
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I haven't read up on the bannings, but I'm curious from what I do know, it seems more that they are banning people from xbox live, which I think may cause some problems because no matter how much you pirate, I don't think there is any way to get live for free.
So technically you are punishing them by actually removing the one thing they do pay for... I think anyhow
It's the same as with bans from Steam and World of Warcraft. People can't pay anymore after that, so it looks like the developers shoot themselves in the foot.
But I guess the idea is to scare other people enough to don't start piracy.
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Well I think this is an interesting twist,
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Microsoft has begun issuing temporary bans to players taking advantage of an exploit in Modern Warfare 2, while Infinity Ward works on a patch to fix the issue. While the servers may be kept slightly cleaner for the efforts, the amount of control Microsoft holds over owners of their consoles, and the arbitrary way they are able to wield it, is troubling.
Sony stated that it won't be banning anyone over cheating in Modern Warfare 2, but with Infinity Ward controlling all the servers for the game on the PC side of things, bans have been handed down for cheating there, as well. With dedicated servers there was no way for a company to stop you from playing the game, but the closed nature of IWNet means the developer and publisher control your ability to play the game online.
No one is going to defend cheating, but glitches, exploits, and bugs have long found their way into strategy and helped to move gaming forward. Would rocket jumpers have been banned from Xbox Live? If Valve shut down dedicated servers and sought to control every aspect of their games, would there have been Counter Strike? The control Microsoft exerts over Xbox Live, and its ability to block your access to online play remotely, and without appeal, means that you'll be playing the games how they want.
So the gist of it, should MS or anyone be allowed to ban players who exploit a glitch that is in the game?
As much as it sucks, and it does ruin the experience at times, if the developer couldn't be bothered to take it out, I don't see why the player should be punished for it.
I'm sure they will be unbanned once IW patches the game, but its still messed up.
I've always subscribed to the philosophy that a player in a competitive game should play to win, using whatever the game gives them, including bugs/glitches.
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Well I think this is an interesting twist,
So the gist of it, should MS or anyone be allowed to ban players who exploit a glitch that is in the game?
As much as it sucks, and it does ruin the experience at times, if the developer couldn't be bothered to take it out, I don't see why the player should be punished for it.
I'm sure they will be unbanned once IW patches the game, but its still messed up.
Its a really annoying glitch and doesnt really help anyone.
In fact, most times it kills team mates instead of enemies.
And the bans are only 24 hours long, unless you keep doing it, then they add more time.
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Yeah, I also think that is wrong.
I've always subscribed to the philosophy that a player in a competitive game should play to win, using whatever the game gives them, including bugs/glitches.
I actually don't subscribe to that nature.
There are glitches that just ruin the balance of the game, and its no longer fun.
I have no idea what the MW 2 glitch is per say so can the players actually explain it.
There are glitches that just ruin the balance of the game, and its no longer fun.
I have no idea what the MW 2 glitch is per say so can the players actually explain it.
Basically you turn yourself into a walking bomb that has a really big explosion as soon as you die. So you run into a group of enemies and let them shoot you and you kill them. If they dont shoot you, you can just knife them or something. Pretty much a lose lose situation for anyone whos is not doing it.
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Microsoft should be able to do whatever it wants within the terms of service that users agree to when registering for Xbox Live.
You can't honestly believe that?
This isn't the gamer's fault per se, its not like they are hacking the game or using some outside code, its in the frigging game and the developers and MS know about it.
Its like if we all got banned in L4D for using the door glitch in No Mercy. Or skywalking in TF 2.
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