Microsoft vs Pirates
November 11, 2008 by Dave Burns
Filed under News
We’re getting reports that the Microsoft Ban Hammer has crashed down again, this time targeting Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty 5 pirates. Heres one quote from one angry forum user:
ooh well, dammit! this sux ass! was sittin’ here catchin’ up on some hulu stuff… and low and behold i get a message, disconnected from xbl. didn’t think much of it. then i’m imin’ with a friend of mine, and he asks, can you get on xbl… test connection… YOU’VE BEEN BANNED!!! argh. owell”
Oh well cant say we didn’t warn you! Another member believes it isn’t anything to do with Gears of War 2 saying:
“I did NOT play gear of war early, i played if for the first time to day. So this does not only affect those who played gears early.”
There’s one thing in common in these comments (No, not their very bad grammar and spelling) They all have modified Xbox’s so here’s a warning kids – Don’t play with mod kits!
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[...] Microsoft come down hard on game thieves, cutting them off from Xbox Live. This is also just brilliant, they cannot do enough of this. If people are not prepared to contribute towards the cost of making a game then they should not be allowed ownership. Xbox Live is a fantastic mechanism for catching and punishing these thieves and there is no reason for Microsoft not to zap every single one of them. It is great to see how these thieves squeal when caught: “ooh well, dammit! this sux ass! was sittin’ here catchin’ up on some hulu stuff… and low and behold i get a message, disconnected from xbl. didn’t think much of it. then i’m imin’ with a friend of mine, and he asks, can you get on xbl… test connection… YOU’VE BEEN BANNED!!! argh. owell” [...]
Jason Joyce on Tue, 17th Feb 2009 9:59 pm
The pirates may be thieves, however ÂŁ40.00 per game.You what!!! who is robbing who? Maybe if they where priced a bit more realistically the pirates would have no business. COD4 rules COD 5 bites