Microsoft Starts Banning ODST Pirates, Not Players
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on January 01, 0001
Microsoft today began permanently banning gamers they describe as “illegitimate ODST players” from their Xbox Live online service. Earlier today Xbox Live Chief of Police Stephen Toulouse wrote on his Twitter page that he had seen some illegitimate ODST players, referring to Xbox 360’s upcoming Halo 3: ODST, online.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; 
cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); “No early play for you,” he wrote. “Commencing permabans.” Toulouse later clarified on his Twitter that people who rummy master bought the game early and are playing it safe.
We contacted Toulouse for more details about how widespread the bannings are and how Microsoft is differentiating between legitimate owners of 
the game, which went on sale at at least one store early, and those who obtained the game through illegitimate means.
https://kotaku.com/early-halo-odst-players-wont-be-banned-so-long-as-the-5347615 Toulouse told rummy modern Kotaku that he can’t go into specifics about how they detect and how many they ban because they don’t want to tip off pirates to their methods. “I can be clear however that this applies to illegitimate copies only, the ban covers the Xbox LIVE rummy nabob account and could possibly include their console depending on the results of our investigations (which are ongoing). We do this from time to time with titles to combat 
piracy,” he wrote to Kotaku. “If a user happens to purchase a legit copy of Halo 3: ODST early, then our problem is not with the user but the retailer who broke the street date. Those individuals will not be punished.”
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