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MS banning users over Halo 4 DLC debacle
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davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
LOL
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
That would be uncooperative.
This case seems more like a mistake than a situation of planned bannings, let's hope MS handles this one better than their other incidents. For a paid service, MS treats their customers amazingly terrible.
There's no evidence of him being a "schemer", and the fact that MS banned someone playing a legitimate copy of the game is not something I can support as consumer.
Seems more like being apologetic of Microsoft's terrible practices. The burden of proof should be on them, not on the consumer.
Getting a receipt != buying something. It doesn't matter when the store rang up the game, MS wouldn't have a way of knowing anyway.
There's no evidence of him being a "schemer", and the fact that MS banned someone playing a legitimate copy of the game is not something I can support as consumer.
Seems more like being apologetic of Microsoft's terrible practices. The burden of proof should be on them, not on the consumer.
Getting a receipt != buying something. It doesn't matter when the store rang up the game, MS wouldn't have a way of knowing anyway.
As long as you send in an altered copy containing no confirmable information, you're good to go.
The guy pulled some shady shit to get the game early.
He got caught.
He's paying the price.
I don't understand the tears.
Edit:
Sorry for the DP.
Goodacre0081
Member
By shady, you mean he asked for it? Yeah realllllly shady.The guy pulled some shady shit to get the game early.
He got caught.
He's paying the price.
I don't understand the tears.
Edit:
Sorry for the DP.
MS claimed it's 'altered' on the basis that the receipt showed the release date and not the actual date Skelington received it. The store post-dated the receipt for obvious reasons, and thus MS accused Skelington of being shady.
It's a Safe bet you don't understand any of the actual details.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Basically, MS is punishing him for not selling out the place that sold it to him.
I respect him for that.
What I don't respect is the tears.
shady
adj.
shad·i·er, shad·i·est
1. Full of shade; shaded.
2. Casting shade: a shady grove.
3. Quiet, dark, or concealed; hidden.
4. Of dubious character or honesty; questionable.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shady
I haven't payed for gold for about a year and still play online all the time. :smug:
screw the man.
Consumers should not be punished for buying a product at retail.
Unhandled Exception
Member
Uh, it's not on the consumer that a store chose to break a street date. Try again.
I'm just going to preemptively answer all your rebuttals with this thread.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497472
Everything your going to say, and what I'm going to answer back with has already been said.
While I'm neutral on that whole situation, I do enjoy how people seem to think protecting that store is some sort of noble thing, when that store seemingly didn't offer their customer a replacement 360 for their mishap, or care about that guy at all.
I believe Skelington has a sweetheart arrangement with the store, he probably gets discounts and early releases all the time, and doesn't want to give up a good thing.
RiderKairuu
Member
I got the DLC but haven't really played Halo since. So I'm good as long as I don't play Halo???
Sounds like a one way relationship.
One of the few ways a mom and pop shop can stay alive.
lastflowers
Banned
you should be fine no matter what. You have done nothing wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion
You have NO clue where he bought it or under what circumstances.
Fixed & Agreed
/derail
IdreamofHIME
Member
Get lost, the deal was still SHADY. Guy buys a game, the store owner doesn't give him a receipt and says he will put the money in the cash register once the game is released?
That's fucking Shady. Maybe you don't understand the word.
Should MS be banning people for playing legit copies of their game just coz a store fucked up?
Nope, of course not.
Doesn't stop that guys story from being SHADY though.
Yeah... No. Just because you think it's okay for MS to enforce a policy that's for STORES only, does not make it okay. How is it shady getting a game early, do you think he held a gun to there head and made them hand it over?
I'm pretty sure it was not a damn Gamestop. They lock that game away till street date.
hearsaybear
Member
I think some of you are in the wrong thread...
Tallshortman
Member
The real question is which one of the banned is going to break down first and buy a new console. Still amazes me someone like in the other thread would reward MS with more money for fucking them over.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
So this thread has turned into the other MS banning thread now eh?
I also agree with people earlier about some people using this as an MS bitching thread, why is thinking this is an automated mistake a baseless assumption and thinking MS did it out of sheer malice not?
I also agree with people earlier about some people using this as an MS bitching thread, why is thinking this is an automated mistake a baseless assumption and thinking MS did it out of sheer malice not?
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
WTFSHIT
I logged into Halo 4 & went to the DLC option & when I clicked the crimson pack, it showed it as free!
I had no idea it was a glitch.
I played the DLC maps for one day, is there a way to still play them online without getting banned?
I logged into Halo 4 & went to the DLC option & when I clicked the crimson pack, it showed it as free!
I had no idea it was a glitch.
I played the DLC maps for one day, is there a way to still play them online without getting banned?
D
Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
I read it, your post is shit.
probably the guy is mates with the dude that works there and doesn't want to get him sacked.
AzureSkies
Member
Due to a lot of players downloading the maps for free, Microsoft labeled it as a promotion for anyone who picked the game up early. Then, they automatically banned a majority of the players who used the free promotion (along with Map pass members apparently) by accident. It'll most likely be fixed extremely quickly as this makes no sense.
Also: Do we know if it's splitscreen with guest accounts or with other live accounts?
Phaethon0017
Member
Unless I've been miss informed or misread, you'll get banned for playing split-screen outright whether you purchased the maps or not. Players have been banned outside of split-screen but no pattern is known, or seems less frequent.
I'm avoiding the game altogether, and I'm not sure if I'll come back.
faceless007
Member
If you admit the copy was legit and that MS was in the wrong to ban him, what else matters?
adamsappel
Member
I only play Halo 4 Spartan Ops, and I'm a couple episodes behind, but I saw the notice that the map pack was free (couldn't remember if I bought some limited edition) and downloaded it. Haven't ever played it. Now I'm afraid to even put the game in.
It's weird, I'm not much of a fan of Halo at all (though I buy and play through every one), but I think Halo 4 is excellent. I was surprised by all the GAF hate, but I guess all the things I disliked about Halo are missing from this one (and are what everybody else enjoys).
mocolostrocolos
Member
I really expect some kind of compensation for those who are getting banned with no reason.
It was probably 343's fault for allowing people to get the map pack for free in the first place.
their compensation will be getting unbanned if they are lucky.
10 msp.
Imagine Nintendo's
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Exactly this.
People might not know better.
Microsoft can't just assume that every single one of their customers is a hardcore gamer that follows release dates as closely as some people follow the ten commandments.
I don't/can't keep track of release dates sometimes and I would be VERY horribly pissed if I get banned because street dates mean so fucking much to a company.
Hell, so many people got their Wii Us a day or two early and I bet they went online with it, yet they weren't banned from Nintendo, yet this thread here isn't the first one I see about people getting banned from Xbox Live or PSN just because they played a game two days early or got something for free because somebody else fucked up.
Stuff like this is just playin stupid and totally anti-consumer.
As I said before in this thread, it wouldn't make me wanna buy the next game in the series, let alone anything from that specific company, out of fear of being banned again (if possible) because some schmuck sold it to me a few days early again.
Goodacre0081
Member
Microsoft said:
is this what we'll see on monday ?
Lmao.
I just got done watching season three of The Wire.. Fuckin Hamsterdam is what they've pulled off here lol
Vincent Alexander
Member
I love my Xbox 360 and hate my PS3 paper weight. And yet I hope with all my soul that Microsoft fails next gen and Sony stomps their ass. Harsh over-reaction on my part?
A Link to the Past
Banned
Not out of the goodness of their heart.
polyh3dron
Banned
This is impossible, Faceless Master told me that Microsoft errs on the side of caution when they ban people.
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