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10/2/2010 2:15:48 AM
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Credit Resets
Good evening,
We are in the process of applying credit resets to approximately 15,000 users who we have identified as the most egregious Challenge Reset abusers.
A one day credit earning ban has also been applied, mostly to ensure that recipients receive an in-game notification of the action taken.
As with any such measure, we have taken the time to carefully select our criteria to eliminate false positives.
A more comprehensive pass will be occuring in the coming week as our automated Banhammer mechanisms grow accurate enough to satisfy our high bar for burden of proof. If you are thinking about getting an easy 50k credits by using this exploit, I would strongly advise you to reconsider.
Thank you, and please direct any discussion of these resets to this thread.
[b]Edit 1[/b]: a point of clarification. No bans were handed out tonight for
a) Playing too much Gruntpocalypse (no such thing!)
b) Using the target locator too much (no such thing!)
Specifically, we targeted an exploit that allowed players to complete a Challenge 20+ times via itentional network manipulation (i.e., disconnects.)
Spot checks have revealed the telltale signature of this behavior on every denier so far, so don't be fooled by the protests of innocence. We aren't.
[b]Edit 2[/b]:
1) If you have lost your Legendary Helmet or any other downloadable offers, you can re-download them via your Download History. We're not sure this is affecting anyone (we haven't reproduced it internally), but just in case it is, give this a try.
2) We won't be resetting Commendations, as we do not feel that the exploit used affected them. It would not be fair to people who did use the exploit but who wish to retain the record of their playstyle, and we cannot differentiate between the two systematically. Sorry.
[Edited on 10.01.2010 9:02 PM PDT]
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Will we keep our ranks?
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Oh im just curious why bungie gets paid millions of dollars and you cant just use some of it to fix your servers for people cant connection boost or cheat instead of baning 15k people,and reseting them?
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alright bungie i got to a major grade 3 playing alot of gruntpocalypse i have 4 onyx commendations i never once cheated your game and i come on today and im reset with no money and im banned...go -blam!- yourself because now im never playing your game again lets just hope black ops -blam!-s all over your sales -blam!-es
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Beast Syndrome [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iPHYZiKs Thanks for the warning that this is going to happen. Sometimes i wonder what goes through your -blam!- ass heads and crying that people are exploiting ur game. U just lost alot of players. Im taking this game back asap and getting my money back. So long Bungie and ur rediculous rules[/quote] Common Sense doesn't require a warning. [/quote] Maybe not, But he has a point. Bungie may have just lost a lot of rage-filled ten-year-olds that no one cares about, They also however just lost about 4,000+ of their most dedicated players. Whether Bungie realizes it or not, The fact of the matter is that they just reset and credit banned a very decent amount of the types of people that make them money in the first place. Resetting/banning for this sort of thing was possibly their worst business decision they've ever made. Goodnight, Sweet prince.
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theres several exploits not just one and its bungies fault for not just making something to prevent it rather then piss of 15 000 people
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message me when you know
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dang bungie got a high multikill.....or multiban i should say, well looks like i NOT catch them on the respawn. they shouldnt punish everyone else for their mistake.
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So many stupid people on this thread. At least some people realise their mistake, others are just f.ucking retarded.
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Well Played Bungie well played.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ZoloRoel [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sweet Tooth VII I got banned for doing the Oni Sword Base thing with the Target Designator, but considering it's in the game and not a glitch or exploiting, I didn't think it was that bad. Although I admit I did look up how to get through the "Flawless Cowboy" commendation to Onyx. But I don't understand why my credits were reset or why my account has been cR banned. I've played every Halo game, CE, 2, 3, ODST, and Reach, and so far I believe that Bungie should've been a little more vocal about what is a ban-able offense.[/quote]Yea, i wish they would have been more clear. but i suppose if you have to ask if its against the rules, you probably shouldnt do it. [/quote] This...
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Well I did not do any credit glitches, just ONI Sword base, gruntpocalypse, and 2 days and 16 hours worth of matchmaking. So if its a bannable offense to play your game, good for you bungie. I am a loyal Halo Fan, played every game and 5000 games of Halo 3. I would be mad, but black ops is out soon. So I am not mad. Suck my dick bungie.
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YES! Bungie! Expose the people that don't play the game legit! THANK YOU! I can go sleep happily tonight.
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PERFECTION
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Haha, look at all the people crying in this thread, yeah, i did the target locator trick and got reset, so what? I lost cosmetic changes i wouldn't even notice since this is a first person game, big whoop, and i lost my colonel rank..again, big whoop, you can still play the game after a day just like you did before. I do think it's silly on Bungie's part to ban those for exploiting [i]their[/i] mistakes, instead of simply getting on it and getting those issues fixed.
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Will the ranks be brought back to our original state before the ban? Or do we have to start off from the very beginning.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ferrex Good evening, 15,000 users who we have identified as the most egregious Challenge Reset abusers. [/quote] ive never reset any challenges, or done anything other than gruntocalypse and the target locator. i'm logging in now thank god so anyone who has been reset has been cheating for real, and they deserve it. [Edited on 10.01.2010 6:27 PM PDT]
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ok so all i did was firefight and oni sword base which is not bannable yet i got reset?
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I got credit banned -.- i've been playing alot of score attack and i get banned O.O does anyone know how long its lasts?
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Wow! This is even better then the time you guys set up the banhammer on Halo 3 for AFK boosting! Great to see another Banadu Land!
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[quote]YES! Bungie! Expose the people that don't play the game legit! THANK YOU! I can go sleep happily tonight.[/quote] Sleep happily cos people got credit reset on an online game? How sad are you?
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getting worried are we???
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wow.... i got credit banned for gruntpocalypse and the target locater AND they said it was ok..... thanks Bungie. You're gonna lose your fans.
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[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=49725875]Not just The Flood, the entire damn site!![/url]
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ZXO Ganjahero: [quote]I never abused. I want unban this instant bungie. [/quote] Most people don't get to complete the same challenge 21 times in a single day. [Edited on 10.01.2010 6:30 PM PDT]
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Karma's a B, so I get what I deserve, but PLEASE RESET THE COMMENDATIONS! If you're gonna reset everything at least reset those commendations too. Now instead of being way to far ahead, I'll be struggling to even get past warrant officer.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SHG 7O7 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ferrex Good evening, 15,000 users who we have identified as the most egregious Challenge Reset abusers. [/quote] ive never reset any challenges, or done anything other than gruntocalypse and the target locator. i'm logging in now thank god so anyone who has been reset has been cheating for real, and they deserve it.[/quote]lol your a recruit to.
