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Halo 3 Epsilon Cheats Banned till 9999!

FoolInjectionFoolInjection Registered User regular
edited September 2007 in Games and Technology
I just saw this over at Gamespot and I had to post it here... this is nuts.

Link to the news post -: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25905855&sid=6178434&om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;7
Microsoft is apparently making strong examples of anyone trying to sneak into the Halo 3 Epsilon test. The crackdown came to light when a 17-year-old Minnesotan who goes by the handle "Scar" posted a tale of woe on the forums of the Halo-focused modding site Se7ensins.com. His post was accompanied by a photo of his ban notice from Xbox Live, which expires on December 31, 9999 AD--some 7,447 years after the events in Halo are supposed to take place.

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Thats one mighty Banhammer Microsoft has.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Sorry, but what's the epsilon test?

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Jesus-Allah-Belial, sucks to be that guy. That's, yeah...

    EDOT: Heres the link to what the hell we are talking about...
    http://www.gamespot.com/news/6176965.html

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  • DremDrem Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Rolo wrote: »
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    What do you know? What is Project Epsilon?



    Is Microsoft this hard on regular cheaters?

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    epsilon was the halo 3 beta, that included more content then what the public got a while ago...it has some singleplayer stuff too and the forge i believe

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  • FoolInjectionFoolInjection Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Dixon wrote: »
    epsilon was the halo 3 beta, that included more content then what the public got a while ago...it has some singleplayer stuff too and the forge i believe

    I think it had campaign stuff in it but you had to be online in Halo 3 Epsilon in order to play it... so there wasn't really an offline side to it.

    According to a post I read... this SCAR guy was one of about 100 people all glitching access to it through someones leaked account details on the MS side of things. He's just going to make a new Live account I read as he has 4 XBOX360's on the go the now and the ban is just Username based and not IP or console based.

    Still... I had to post it as it's the year 9999... thats a MIGHTY MIGHTY Banhammer. Imagine logging into your account and getting hit by that on your TV set.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    He needs to pass down his account through the generations to see if his descendants can actually get on in 9999.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    By default all XBL permanent bans go to the highest possible date that the system allows, which is the year 9999. Its not like someone at MS decided on that date, no matter how cool it is.

    Plus, he got to play a full level of Halo 3 like a month before release. Maybe it was worth it.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Skynet isn't compatible with Xbox live.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I think it runs on Sega Net.

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Idiot gets banned for doing something against the rules

    huh...


    ok

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  • KaseiusKaseius Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    He also had a 61,000 gamerscore, for those of you who hadn't noticed.

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Fucker needed a break anyway then

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Microsoft to bastards: You're banned forever.

    Edit - Also, it's over 9000!

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  • IShallRiseAgainIShallRiseAgain Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    He just should have not signed onto Xbox Live. They wouldn't have been able to do a thing.

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    IShallRiseAgain wrote: »
    He just should have not signed onto Xbox Live. They wouldn't have been able to do a thing.

    neither would he

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Haha, his only option is OK.

    I find that funny for some reason..

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  • TheMorningStarTheMorningStar Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    So, is just his account banned, or is his account and system banned (I think that's what they'd do to modders on the orginal xbox).

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    TheMorningStar wrote: »
    So, is just his account banned, or is his account and system banned (I think that's what they'd do to modders on the orginal xbox).

    Just his account.

    Apparently, well so he says, he has 4 other accounts that still work. And several 360s. Judging by his gamerscore we probably arent dealing with some punk kid here. Im guessing some kind of tech support or store owner or something.

    Also, the Halo 3 Epsilon is like the beta, it requires you to be online to play it, even single player, as it streams debug code to bungie.

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  • DusdaDusda is ashamed of this post SLC, UTRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    AHH! wrote: »
    Kaseius wrote: »
    He also had a 61,000 gamerscore, for those of you who hadn't noticed.
    Fucker needed a break anyway then

    Sig'd.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    FoolInjection wrote: »
    His post was accompanied by a photo of his ban notice from Xbox Live, which expires on December 31, 9999 AD--some 7,447 years after the events in Halo are supposed to take place.

    I laughed. Reminds me of the PA comic about Star Wars Galaxies actually happening before it would be released.

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  • MerovingiMerovingi regular
    edited September 2007
    Okay, so the moron gets banned for being.. well, a moron.

    What gets me is the fact that he has more 360's and more accounts lying around... and his gamerscore makes Jesus weep... and I thought I had no life.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    maybe 9999 is just an arbitrary date they put in, so if they plan on deleting the ban once halo 3 is out it doesn't matter when that is, at least as far as expiry goes.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Why doesn't Microsoft think ahead? People will be pissed in the year 10000 when they discover that the date on their Xbox 360 is screwed up. I am glad that Sony is planning for the long haul by having the date on the PS3 go up to nine trillion.
    Okay, so the moron gets banned for being.. well, a moron.

    What gets me is the fact that he has more 360's and more accounts lying around... and his gamerscore makes Jesus weep... and I thought I had no life.
    Why does he have more than two 360s?

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  • Martin Lawrence OliverMartin Lawrence Oliver Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Judging by his gamerscore we probably arent dealing with some punk kid here.

    Um.

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  • TVs_FrankTVs_Frank Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I think it runs on Sega Net.

    It runs on Phantom Net.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2007
    By the time the ban expires we'll all have Xbox360s in our watches

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    By the time the ban expires we'll all have Xbox360s in our watches

    we won't even have to play games with our hands by then! playing games with hands will be relegated to babies.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    By 9999, humanity will just be one giant collective conscience that exists on the internet.

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    By the time the ban expires we'll all have Xbox360s in our watches

    we won't even have to play games with our hands by then! playing games with hands will be relegated to babies.

    I thought that was 2015.

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  • SandersSanders Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    Why doesn't Microsoft think ahead? People will be pissed in the year 10000 when they discover that the date on their Xbox 360 is screwed up. I am glad that Sony is planning for the long haul by having the date on the PS3 go up to nine trillion.
    Okay, so the moron gets banned for being.. well, a moron.

    What gets me is the fact that he has more 360's and more accounts lying around... and his gamerscore makes Jesus weep... and I thought I had no life.
    Why does he have more than two 360s?
    Maybe he doesn't have any delicious cake, and needs to compensate for that?

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    He fixes Xbox 360s as a part time job and it sounds like his parents are stacked. That's why he has so many 360s.

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  • jb7jb7 Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Too bad the world ends in 2012 :(

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  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Cheater gets comeuppance, results have no lasting impact. Film at 11.

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  • citizen059citizen059 hello my name is citizen I'm from the InternetRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    IN THE YEAR NINETY-NINE NINETY-NINE,
    IF MAN IS STILL ALIVE,
    IF WOMAN CAN SURVIVE...

    They might play some XBL? I dunno.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    By the time the ban expires we'll all have Xbox360s in our watches

    we won't even have to play games with our hands by then! playing games with hands will be relegated to babies.

    any chance you watched Back to the Future Part 2 the other day? I happened to catch that scene.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    urahonky wrote: »
    Haha, his only option is OK.

    I find that funny for some reason..

    There definitely should have been an option that said "NOOOOOOOOOO"

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  • InzignaInzigna Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Behemoth wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Haha, his only option is OK.

    I find that funny for some reason..

    There definitely should have been an option that said "NOOOOOOOOOO"

    Hahaha, that was funny.

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