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lol i dont want to log into xbl now im feeling paranoid >.>

I'm amazed how changing gametags can get you a ban.

I imagine that there are plenty of justified bans (with funny excuses) but some of them are ridiculous and only demonstrate that the mods have an addiction for banning people: for example, some guy got banned for... changing his handle too many times? Is that really justifiable?

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Leet Noob Haxor 69(the hell is this?)

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I think he hacked into XBLM and downloaded stuff he hadn't bought.

Wizards, probably a jtag hack into the marketplace or something similar to the geohot things, I'm just making outrageous claims and guesses here.

There was an exploit awhile back where people were stealing content from the Marketplace.

Xbox points exploit

Seriously, it seems like nobody who gets banned can form a proper sentence.

Following the rules works

Wow, if there was a Darwin Award for account bans, these two would be in the running. "I only hacked Gears a little bit"

It's less the fact that "I changed my skin from white to blue" than the fact that "I installed a piece of software which sent a mal-formed request packet to the XBox Live servers to enable something on my account that only paying users can have"

In one of the threads, the Moderator stated "We don't care that you want to change the color of your avatar, but to do so requires programming or cracking the system. We only care about the means used."

"You have been banned from XBox Live.
Reason: Threat of physical violence."

Yeah, damn that Microcrap for enforcing the rules they have clearly defined and punishing those that break their rules while using their privately owned service. Damn them.

Apple is so much better, right? All butterflies and flowers. Micro$oft sucxxxorz!!!!

"Based on this, anything that anyone quoted could be taken as offensive if the person in some way offended the reader"

No, this particular quote is based on a famous hate speech and calls to violence. It's not even subtle.

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The violation of the CoC can result in different infractions. These can range from a chat ban, a 1 day or 2 week ban, all the way up to a perma-ban on the Gamertag, or a permaban on the console itself.

Banned for using an exploit to mod the avatar beyond the implemented parameters. Emphasis on using an exploit. This isn't dumb, this is enforcing to rules to keep the community safer from cheaters and various other third party tool exploiters.

Modding your avatar requires you to

1) Extract your profile off the xbox hard drive using an external program
2) Hex editing the files so that the color you want goes where it's supposed to
3) Reinject and re-sign your profile back onto the hard drive

No part of each step is done 'by accident' and the tools used can equally be used to modify anythign else on the hard drive as well. It's basically like robbing a bank and only getting $1. you still robbed the bank and they don't care how much you managed to get away with.

I find that weird too! Oh no, your gamertag is blue! BANNED!

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