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Halo 2 Used to Sniff Out Mods

Posted by Zonk on from the surely-a-covenent-plot dept.

TexasDex writes "C-Net tech news is reporting that users of Halo 2 who have installed mod chips are being banned from the X-box Live forums. It is unknown specifically how the Halo 2 game finds out the console is modded, Microsoft will only say in the X-box live Terms of Use that "Xbox Live may only be accessed with an unmodified [...] Xbox video game console.'" In related news, the New York Times (registration required) has a quickie interview with the folks behind Red Vs. Blue about changes Halo 2 bring to the series.

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  1. Confirmed by tini1212 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    http://alexalbrecht.typepad.com/alex/2004/11/xbox_ live_and_h.html

    Poor Alex, first he gets fire, now he can't play on Xbox live.

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  2. halo2 updated my dash by bmnc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    F*CK!

    I have a hacked (unmodded!) xbox, with linux installed. After playing Halo2 I found out that if my mouse and keyboard are plugged in, the xbox accepts *no* input from any of the joypads. They all appear defunct. This is true whether Halo2, any other game, or nothing is in the xbox now.

    This is easily remedied by unplugging the mouse and keyboard, unplugging the controller, and replugging the controller back in, but this is annoying and a waste of my time.

    Beware all who even have a hacked xbox!

  3. You know, it's funny by rsilvergun · · Score: 1, Interesting

    this will have the added benefit of thousands of modders going out and buying new Xboxes, w/o buying new games. Meaning MS loses money :). Yeah, I know, by making a strong stance against piracy they make devs happy and will make more in the long run. Still, it's nice to see MS not getting out of this scott free.

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  4. Do not buy from Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    How much do you wan't to get fucked until you realize the truth?