Razgriz-Specter
Member
Lol I remember that so vividly.
I want to hear spoilers about Cortana, she is only thing I really care about.
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Halo 4 leaked?
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I want to hear spoilers about Cortana, she is only thing I really care about.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
I don't think any potential leaking of the game is a failure on 343's part. Microsoft, learning from past mistakes, have been and continue to be very pro active reacting to what's going on. Just take a look at the banning already being handed out and not a single, verifiable, illegal copy of the game has surfaced yet.
There are many links in the production and distribution chain and there are interested parties out there that have a huge financial incentive to illegally obtain and exploit the game - we're talking about groups that actively make good money out of doing these shady things, At some point, it's inevitable that something will fall through the cracks. It's impossible to have a 100% secure system and it's simply a matter of time before it happens.
Just be careful pointing fingers and trying to place blame. It also usually take a while when these leaks do eventually occur, to accurately assess exactly where it come from. For some reason, the criminals responsible also have incentives to try to hide their tracks.
So Halo 4 has leaked, and instead of banning the people playing it online, they ban those who send them messages even when they don't ask for direct details on how to get it (which would be understandable).
Poor form from MS, towards paying customers. Although given their complacency over resurfaced Fifa hacks its not shocking.
I wonder if they will ban everyone on the pirates' friends list if they send them an invite to play CoD or some other game inadvertently. Or just for guilt by association.
Poor form from MS, towards paying customers. Although given their complacency over resurfaced Fifa hacks its not shocking.
I wonder if they will ban everyone on the pirates' friends list if they send them an invite to play CoD or some other game inadvertently. Or just for guilt by association.
Vire
Member
You honestly believe these people weren't asking for download links? C'mon.
I'm surprised GAF hasnt gotten a cease and desist
I have. It's bullshit. We can all put on any manner of tinfoil hat that we like, but this is akin to guys with purple skinned avatar gold members complaining on forums as to why they're banned.
clem84
Gold Member
it's a faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
Um....it has hit the fan...
Everyone beware spoilers, they are coming.
Everyone beware spoilers, they are coming.
awh........shiet
Damn it.
specialguy
Banned
Umm, from what I gather from some MS twitters, the ones being banned just happened to be all jtagged console who had pirated Halo 4. Then they all protest how innocent they are, right.
I don't see it
Not that I don't believe you, but confirmation....how?
Kibbles
Member
'MTAF'. I would hate to be someone sending out one of those on that guys friends list.
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
Popular modding site that will not be linked here had a link to a torrent for a certain .iso...several people appear to be dling now.
Could be modding kids getting screwed but they seem to be taking it as legit.
Don't see it on Usenet unless I'm blind, so I call bullshit
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
It very well could be but for now I will trust it until I hear otherwise, blackout begins.
And no doubt there is some colateral in there as well. Hell, they are the sam company who hasnt been able to protect against fifa hacks so presumably they arent going to be dead accurate in this case.
Single iso? Wouldn't it be two since it's two discs?
Hoping it's fake.
I think people said earlier that 2nd disc is an install for multiplayer? I don't believe anything unless I see it on Usenet, torrents usually go very slow too
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
Single iso? Wouldn't it be two since it's two discs?
Hoping it's fake.
The iso posted claims it is disc one only but really who knows, all I know is that I will be living in fear until November 6th.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Well that didn't take long.
I don't even really remember what happened in Halo 3 so I'm not that concerned about spoilers but it sucks that a lot of people in this thread will have to practically avoid the internet for a month.
I don't even really remember what happened in Halo 3 so I'm not that concerned about spoilers but it sucks that a lot of people in this thread will have to practically avoid the internet for a month.
Even if this isn't legit, there's no way the game won't leak at least a week or two before release, if not earlier. It's a very high profile game that's already gone gold, and they're going to need to print millions of copies.
I'm always fascinated by the "bail out" concept. Do people actually go completely dark on any likely spoiler sites such as GAF, reddit, etc. weeks in advance to avoid potential spoilers?
I'm always fascinated by the "bail out" concept. Do people actually go completely dark on any likely spoiler sites such as GAF, reddit, etc. weeks in advance to avoid potential spoilers?
Honestly yes.
They probably limit their behavior at the very least. I don't care about Halo spoilers so I'll watch anything
This just always strikes me as bizarre because if the internet has taught me anything, it's that people are dicks. Unless you want to completely and 100% avoid any potential vector for spoilers it doesn't seem like it would work. I've had games unintentionally "spoiled" for me on here, reddit, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, etc. Short of either shutting your internet off, or sticking strictly to sites that have literally nothing to do with videogames and have no sort of community posting it doesn't seem like that would really even work.
Yes, or at least limit viewing of threads. That's what I do, don't pop in so often because some jackass WILL evidently not know how spoiler tags exist. You don't black out on the internet, that's hyperbole, but you can definitely attune your usage of certain sites to minimize potential jackassery.
It in fact works and that's why people keep doing it. It does rely on courtesy on the part of others to an extent. Not everyone is nice enough to flag stories and reports as spoilery (whether it's slight or not). Most are pretty good about in my experience.
superpickleman
Member
I'm calling fake based on the artwork on Disk 1.
Look at the Dolby logo on both disks for easiest comparison, the positioning of the artwork doesn't match.
There's also the possibility that the disk art on the promotional pic wasn't final or something but I'm more inclined to believe that someone just whipped these two up to mess with you guys at this point.
Look at the Dolby logo on both disks for easiest comparison, the positioning of the artwork doesn't match.
There's also the possibility that the disk art on the promotional pic wasn't final or something but I'm more inclined to believe that someone just whipped these two up to mess with you guys at this point.
superpickleman
Member
Ah gotcha, kinda skimmed through the thread too quickly it seems. :X
PetriP-TNT
Member
LOL Wario64 got banned etc.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Saw it coming when they announced it had gone gold so early. All those copies sitting in warehouses staffed by minimum wagers......
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Damn.
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Fucker.
Jawmuncher
Member
Ahhh Halo 2 leaking was the shit back in the day.
Still remember reading about it and watching the same videos.
Ahhh simpler times.
I remember listening to people play it over mic on Yahoo after the leak, with all the elites talking in french. God, it was awful but hilarious.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
So what leaked earlier this or re6?
RE6. That was crazy. The game was being sold but Capcom hadn't even said it was gold yet, haha.
specialguy
Banned
still not really proof. could be some show demo build leaked or whatever.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Well, he named the last MP map, said its called Vortex.. So if that pans out I guess we will know its true. He said he will post pics tomorrow, so its only a matter of time.
specialguy
Banned
My proof is full campaign though...