Originally posted by KH4N
Your rank, kills, streak, wins, losses, etc.. is stored on the leaderboard itself
The leaderboard is a series of files (about 100,000)
Each file has about 20 id's on it
When you go to a match, whilst your playing the match, your leaderboard stats DO NOT CHANGE
When the match is over, your PS3 sends packets to the IW server telling how many kills you got, your accuracy, your deaths, etc... IW server accepts the packet and modifys your leaderboard stats, then IW server sends the packet back to your PS3
So basically, in laymans terms, your PS3 sends the parcel of info, IW takes it, and says thank you, and sends it back
Thats why, when doing the Prestige hack, you have to prestige, or play a game, AND THEN QUIT so your PS3 can send a packet
Until your PS3 sends the packet, your leaderboard stats won't change
So back to the topic, if you do the hack
There is no way IW can trace it
Unless you write to them and ask for your account to be reset
And you can't be banned either
Because everything you've done is not server sided. It is locally done, so legally, everything is allowed and legal
Its your PS3, its your game, the stuff your messing with (MPDATA), is YOUR game save, and legally, (if you live in UK or US), you are allowed to modify game saves, thats why there is sites like GameFAQS where you can DOWNLOAD game saves, and thats why your PS3 allows you to copy, move, and delete game saves
So stop these useless threads, you've got the info, your not going to be banned
The most that can happen is that your account is reset to level 1, again, ONLY if you make yourself stand out like a sore thumb