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[Crazyorloco]

You can't make this shit up

I'll give them credit, everyone expected a large fuckup on the 18th, so they at least did it early this time

Lol I expected a mess up tomorrow as well. Damn this is crazy.

 

[Boerseun]

Now watch them line up for the next Xbox.

 

[Twinduct]

That would piss me off beyond belief. I called Microsoft Support earlier in the year and had them remove my credit card info.

Double check it. I was charged for 2 months even after requesting my CC details be removed and confirming it via the xbox website. Hell I even got the 'Your subscription to Xbox live will end' email before I got charged for another 2 months (btw this was charged on a monthly basis for 2 months)

 

[Yagharek]

First of all, from what I understand from Admins, [Wrongful bans] are really rare. If it’s not a legitimate DLC, Microsoft has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.

Bravo, but dont count on being elected as a Bungie Community Manager any time soon.

 

[blitzcloud]

Hope everyone have their receipts!

 

[i-Lo]

First of all, from what I understand from Admins, [Wrongful bans] are really rare. If it’s not a legitimate DLC, Microsoft has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.

I can't help but think of republicans' definition of rape. I think it's fitting here because it's the rape of clients' accounts and/or cosoles not MS.

 

[Yagharek]

I can't help but think of republicans' definition of rape. I think it's fitting here because it's the rape of clients' accounts and/or cosoles not MS.

Thats exactly who he was parodying.

 

[TheOddOne]

I can't help but think of republicans' definition of rape. I think it's fitting here because it's the rape of clients' accounts and/or cosoles not MS.

Seriously? Smh.

 

[JaggedSac]

You can't even delevel in Halo 4

Doesn't Halo 4 use TrueSkill?

 

[DocStar]

Fuck Microsoft and 343i for screwing over their loyal fanbase.
I hope they will ride a train to hell next generation*

*a shame that this is not going to happen

I was really looking forward to their next E3 and the unveiling of their next-gen-hardware.
But with all those things AND ESPECIALLY FOR NOT GREENLIGHTING LOST ODYSSEY 2, I won't be buying anything of them ever again.**

** doesn't belong here :/

 

[i-Lo]

Thats exactly who he was parodying.

That's what I thought afterwards given the sequence of words in the sentence. It was blatant but my humour and sarcasm detector can sometimes malfunction when stuff is typed.

Seriously? Smh.

Lighten up good sir. It was meant as an analysis XD

 

[TheOddOne]

Lighten up good sir. It was meant as an analysis XD

I don't find that joke appropriate in any context. It is poor.

 

[epmode]

I don't find that joke appropriate in any context. It is poor.

I find the joke appropriate in this context. It is good.

 

[Orca]

If a STORE puts a game out, and SELLS it without a prior warning then it's not the consumers fault he bought the game, wether he or she is aware that Microsoft might ban your ass, the consumer is not in the wrong here.

Regardless of what side you're on, that's not what happened.

 

[i-Lo]

I don't find that joke appropriate in any context. It is poor.

I guess you can't please everyone. smh. Accept my apologies if you felt offended and let's move on.

 

[MMaRsu]

Regardless of what side you're on, that's not what happened.

It's pretty much what happened.

 

[epmode]

I guess you can't please everyone. smh. Accept my apologies if you felt offended and let's move on.

Not good enough. All offensive posts must be deleted. The last thing we want is someone to get annoyed while reading GAF. This is the internet, for god's sake. Let's show some class!

 

[TheOddOne]

I find the joke appropriate in this context. It is good.

Cool, I guess? I find it poor and pretty much goes into the drive-by mentality that usually ruins threads like this. It all boggles down to systems wars and everybody loses sight the problem at hand.

 

[Orca]

It's pretty much what happened.

The store didn't put it out early, he talked the guy into selling it early. He never said how - if it was a friend, if he was a longtime customer, or if he just works at the store himself - but the store clearly didn't put the game out early for general sale. He knew he was getting it early, even taking a picture of it before he'd ever played it, much less been banned.

 

[ironcreed]

So, basically:

Here is some free DLC

Whoops, we lied. Sorry about that.

Oh, you are trying to play it? Banned

Thanks for buying Halo 4.

 

[Z_Y]

The store didn't put it out early, he talked the guy into selling it early. He never said how - if it was a friend, if he was a longtime customer, or if he just works at the store himself - but the store clearly didn't put the game out early for general sale. He knew he was getting it early, even taking a picture of it before he'd ever played it, much less been banned.

Yet...it is still a retail copy of the game manufactured by MS. Not a pirated copy they claimed to have banned him for.

Nothing else matters. Nothing.


Nothing.

 

[i-Lo]

Btw, can I play Spartan Ops safely atm?

Not good enough. All offensive posts must be deleted. The last thing we want is someone to get annoyed while reading GAF. This is the internet, for god's sake. Let's show some class!

Cool, I guess? I find it poor and pretty much goes into the drive-by mentality that usually ruins threads like this. It all boggles down to systems wars and everybody loses sight the problem at hand.

 

[Dance Inferno]

So, basically:

Here is some free DLC

Whoops, we lied. Sorry about that.

Oh, you are trying to play it? Banned

Thanks for buying Halo 4.

Haha, sounds about right.

 

[Perkel]

The store didn't put it out early, he talked the guy into selling it early. He never said how - if it was a friend, if he was a longtime customer, or if he just works at the store himself - but the store clearly didn't put the game out early for general sale. He knew he was getting it early, even taking a picture of it before he'd ever played it, much less been banned.

Who cares about that. It is his friend or shop-clerk which was at fail here not him.
Also this doesn't even matter he bought the game. Didn't steal it, didn't pirate bought it.

There is absolutely no reason for ban.

 

[dragonbane]

While the situation has been poorly handled, I’m more disgusted by the fact that people think this is the norm. The drive-by antics are the worst, they don’t care for the users effected and plug away like a marketing firm. Truly disgusting.

MS should fucking man up for their mistake for fuck sake.

Agreed.

 

[TheOddOne]

So, basically:

Here is some free DLC

Whoops, we lied. Sorry about that.

Oh, you are trying to play it? Banned

Thanks for buying Halo 4.

Basically, they keep digging a hole deeper and deeper for nothing.

 

[Orca]

Who cares about that. It is his friend or shop-clerk which was at fail here not him.
Also this doesn't even matter he bought the game. Didn't steal it, didn't pirate bought it.

There is absolutely no reason for ban.

Yet...it is still a retail copy of the game manufactured by MS. Not a pirated copy they claimed to have banned him for.

Nothing else matters. Nothing.


Nothing.

I never said it was right for him to be banned. Just get the story straight. He's not some Halo-loving fan who walked into a Best Buy, saw it on shelf, and said "Holy cow that's out already, I'm out of the loop!"

Not that any of this has a thing to do with this thread, so let's let it go back to the DLC discussion.

 

[MYeager]

So, basically:

Here is some free DLC

Whoops, we lied. Sorry about that.

Oh, you are trying to play it? Banned

Thanks for buying Halo 4.

Not quite. The discussion has been derailed a bit by MS hate and about a different user who was banned. Right now it appears people are getting banned, both those who downloaded the Crimson Map Pack for free and those who purchased it by other means (the Map Pass). From the Waypoint forums it appears that it happens more often after split screen custom games while playing on the new maps, though that is unclear it seems like the common denominator among the stories on the Waypoint forums.

They have an auto-ban system in place that checks for things, like boosting via playing custom games in split screen, so it's unclear if this is a result of that system screwing up with the new maps or what. The issue is certainly more complex than saying they're trolling and the other discussions kind of detract from figuring out what exactly is triggering these bans. If people are getting banned for playing split-screen on the new maps, that's messed up, I play split screen with my wife all the time, and while I haven't been banned, the idea that it could occur from just playing with her is disturbing.

I really hope 343i clearifies the situation soon.

 

[Jackpot]

Btw, can I play Spartan Ops safely atm?

"boggles down"?

 

[i-Lo]

So spartan ops anyone?

"boggles down"?

XD

 

[Respawn]

The store didn't put it out early, he talked the guy into selling it early. He never said how - if it was a friend, if he was a longtime customer, or if he just works at the store himself - but the store clearly didn't put the game out early for general sale. He knew he was getting it early, even taking a picture of it before he'd ever played it, much less been banned.

The more I hear of what he did the more of a douche I think he is. Then he post his tears on GAF hoping he can use the community to help him out. Disgusting.

My view even after that he should still be unbanned. No matter what, it is a legitimate copy of the game.

 

[TheOddOne]

Update from 343 member:

We are not permanently banning players for previewing or purchasing the Crimson Map Pack. We are currently investigating the recent reports of permanent matchmaking bans.

We will provide further updates tomorrow. Thank you for your patience.

 

[LosDaddie]

Disgusting, if true.

I gave my friend my Specialization email code because I bought the LE, and he said he DLed the Crimson pack last week. I'll update this thread when I find out if he's banned, or not.

 

[netBuff]

The more I hear of what he did the more of a douche I think he is. Then he post his tears on GAF hoping he can use the community to help him out. Disgusting.

My view even after that he should still be unbanned. No matter what, it is a legitimate copy of the game.

If that constitutes "being a douche" in your world, you must encounter extremely nice people only.

I'm sure the store was very happy to sell an extra copy, let's not claim anyone but him (by MS) was actually wronged here.

 

[Tallshortman]

The more I hear of what he did the more of a douche I think he is. Then he post his tears on GAF hoping he can use the community to help him out. Disgusting.

My view even after that he should still be unbanned. No matter what, it is a legitimate copy of the game.

How is that being a "douche"? Asking your mom and pop store to sell you halo early is being a douche? He admitted to purchasing early, the money still went to MS and it's not like he somehow screwed up their launch, they sure as hell did that without him.

 

[jaypah]

Update from 343 member:

man this is outrageous! I say we all ban together and make them give us some free stuff. Halo is my favorite robot and I love his games and this is the thanks I get? Screw that, I want some free stuff. Who's with me?!!

 

[jimi_dini]

Here - some free DLC
Whoops, we lied. You all got banned.
What? You are trying to argue that the DLC was legit? So do you have a valid receipt?
Noone? Ban is 100% correct. Automated systems never fail.

Thanks for buying Halo 4 + Live Gold. Please buy another Xbox now.

Perfect troll.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Did you specifically tell them you want to cancel the service? Removing credit card number isn't the same.

My subscription was terminated at the time. I renewed it with a 12-month card that was given to me as a gift.

 

[willow ve]

343 just updated their "official ban thread" over at Waypoint with the following

There was a situation yesterday (Sunday) in which less than 200 Halo 4 users were being incorrectly banned from accessing certain parts of the game (not banned from Xbox LIVE as a whole), and we have since resolved the issue. All players accounts impacted are working as normal.

 

[dionysus]

Update from 343 member:

I find what is unsaid interesting. They only talk about permanent bans. So they are banning people temporarily and they aren't investigating the temporary bans?

Edit. I see new information is released and they claim everyone is back to normal.

 

[Plywood]

edit: Beaten by the man himself.

 

[Lima]

Never change GAF. Making a big deal out of nothing.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Never change GAF. Making a big deal out of nothing.

People getting randomly banned for no reason is nothing?

 

[Jim E. Rossler]

Never change GAF. Making a big deal out of nothing.

You wouldn't be saying that if you were banned from a game you paid money to buy and pay money to play online

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Cool, let's all jump to conclusions.
You people need to chill out.
It was never confirmed that Microsoft is banning people for the reasons you perceive.
This happened over the weekend where most of the staff who handle such things as banning were out of the office.
It very well could be some weird glitch in the auto-ban system that is behind all of this.

Stop the console-bashing, it's disgusting and doesn't belong here. It feels like N4G around here...

 

[Lima]

I bet not a single person in this thread was banned.

 

[RdN]

Posted 30 min ago in the Ban thread of Waypoint:

There was a situation yesterday (Sunday) in which less than 200 Halo 4 users were being incorrectly banned from accessing certain parts of the game (not banned from Xbox LIVE as a whole), and we have since resolved the issue. All players accounts impacted are working as normal.

https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2056047_The-Official-Halo-4-Ban-Thread.aspx#post2056047

 

[Doug Heffernan]

I bet not a single person in this thread was banned.

I see a few that should be banned from this forum...

 

[harSon]

People getting randomly banned for no reason is nothing?

No, the problem was automatically assuming the bans were maliciously intentional, and raising hell with that inclination, when there was little in the way of concrete details regarding the issue.

 

[RionaaM]

Never change GAF. Making a big deal out of nothing.

It's not like people don't enjoy getting randomly banned every other day from games they paid for, on services they pay for, with consoles they paid for.