As I'm sure you all know, Halo: Reach has been leaked on the internet and hit file sharing sites at some point yesterday. Thousands of people have downloaded it and are playing it on flashed Xbox's and JTAGs. Microsoft have responded in the same way as they did to Modern Warfare 2: by permanently banning these players from Xbox Live.
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Notification of Permanent Suspension: Prerelease title play
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Harsh, but definitely justified from Microsoft's point of view. All those who will be playing the game now will be breaching copyright law and Microsoft probably banned a fair few JTAGs in the process (while it's not illegal, Microsoft hate JTAGs (it's just like JailBreaking).
So, take care when playing online! Know your risks if you want to play this game now!
i read someware that useing the jtag you can unban yourself so its not really a perma ban is it ???
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all so microsoft must spend loads of money for there games and the people who like them rip them off by torrenting them lol xbox is truly shit IMO
Why would they play it online in the first place seriously,microsoft will detect you.All you have to do is disconnect from Xbox live.Anyways i dont get why some people cant wait to play a game.It's almost out.
i read someware that useing the jtag you can unban yourself so its not really a perma ban is it ???
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all so microsoft must spend loads of money for there games and the people who like them rip them off by torrenting them lol xbox is truly shit IMO
you can unban yourself but you would need a new kv.