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Halo 3 Beta Now Available
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fgamer
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16. May 2007 @ 19:13 |
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Well I must say I've been waiting like crazy for the beta to come out, I can finally now say that it's downloading fine so far for me. I'm actually using a copied Crackdown game disk to download the beta, it ought to be interesting to see if they'll ban me. I'm willing to take that risk since I got another 360 I can use for live.
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16. May 2007 @ 19:15 |
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have fun waiting. its going to take all night to download. i have been going strong for a good 10 minutes and i have gotten about 0 percent downloaded
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AfterDawn Addict
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16. May 2007 @ 19:15 |
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I am also downloading! I am using my crackdown at a local internet cafe because my 360 is fried!
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Spartan28
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16. May 2007 @ 19:52 |
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To get Halo 3 Beta, I dont have Crackdown can I get it if I go and rent it like at blockbuster or what. Do I have to have a certain disc that says Halo 3 beta included? Doesnt the beta end June 6 or 7 and it will stop at there is can you keep playing it forever?
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fgamer
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16. May 2007 @ 20:03 |
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It finally finished downloading and it's playing perfectly with my copied Crackdown disk, so far the multiplayer is pretty good.
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16. May 2007 @ 20:03 |
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you have to have the disc in your xbox to play so renting it will let you play it for like 5 days, but once the beta is over its over.
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ucfmoe
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16. May 2007 @ 20:42 |
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I just finished downloading the beta and when I try to play it, it says the beta is either unavailable or expired!!!! Whats the deal?
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16. May 2007 @ 20:55 |
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ucfmoe are you using a downloaded copy of crackdown?
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16. May 2007 @ 22:09 |
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Originally posted by ucfmoe:
I just finished downloading the beta and when I try to play it, it says the beta is either unavailable or expired!!!! Whats the deal?
More info would be nice! I would contact XBOX Live support
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jonbest
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16. May 2007 @ 23:50 |
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For FGAMER,
Has your xbox been flashed with the jitterfix or not before playing the beta with a backup?
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17. May 2007 @ 00:43 |
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i just played online with a modded console and im not sure whats going on but i played one game and then got kicked off and then tested my xbox live connection everything passed except my xbox live connection, it failed. has anyone else had this issue?
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fgamer
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17. May 2007 @ 05:57 |
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Originally posted by jonbest:
For FGAMER,
Has your xbox been flashed with the jitterfix or not before playing the beta with a backup?
I'm using the Xtreme 5.3 fimrware.
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jonbest
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17. May 2007 @ 06:10 |
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Yeah so that means you have the jitterfix. I'm trying to figure out who is doing it without this fix and those who are doing it without the fix.
That way if people start getting banned we'll find out how effective this new firmware is.
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17. May 2007 @ 07:54 |
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I'm playing the beta on 5.2d without the jitter fix. I used a burned copy. I like putting things to the test just so I have all the possible 1st hand info. If it means a ban later the so be it. I doubt it'll happen to only people without the jitter fix, because I'd think MS would want to ban everyone at once as long as it didn't affect non modders or not ban anyone one at all.
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jonbest
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17. May 2007 @ 08:48 |
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Isn't the idea though that the jitterfix stops the backup from being detected?
If so then it is possible that only those without the fix would be banned.
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17. May 2007 @ 08:56 |
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Did you not read the last sentence I wrote? In case you did and didn't follow I'll make it clearer. Microsoft would like to ban jitter fix users too. If jitter fix really works then they will wait until they have a better method to mass ban or not bother at all. They don't want ANYONE to get away with playing backups. This is why I've never bothered with any of this stealth patching crap, because it's not like MS doesn't know about it and further supports my theory. If I'm wrong I don't care about having to get a new Live account or new 360. I just don't feel like doing extra work if I don't have to.
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jonbest
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17. May 2007 @ 09:09 |
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Ah I see what your saying (I did read what you said but got the context muddled).
Lets hope it takes them until the autumn dash update before they try anything :)
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17. May 2007 @ 10:33 |
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they cant detect it anyway. if they could they would have mass banned everyone from the get go. jitterfix or not, older firmwares have been used for a while now and they had no jitterfix on them so everyone could have been banned by now. all the firmwares are stealth, they cant detect them at all.
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fern148
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17. May 2007 @ 11:35 |
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Yo Mem I'm with you..If they ban me I'll just buy a new one just to play online.
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sebast1an
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17. May 2007 @ 12:23 |
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Watch out for Xbox live guys!
Downloaded the Halo 3 beta with a backup of Crackdown, and did got the first error that it was Game Over or end of the beta period. Did a restart with pressing "Up on D-pad and A" as beta loaded up till Bungie menu came up to apparently do maintenance...
Got logged out of live, and when did a test it got to the Xbox Live row and failed... Doing a more info for status codes gives:
W: 0000-000B
X: 0000-000D
Y: 00AB-6800
Z: 8015-190D
Doing a more info beside NAT explains about "This console has been banned for violations of the Terms of Use". To protect the Xbox Live serive and its members, Microsoft does not provide details about console bans. There is no recourse for Terms of Use violations"
I'm using a softmodded 360, not too sure what firmware to be honest... apologies...
Also, from another topic, check here
Bugger...
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ZabbyX
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17. May 2007 @ 12:30 |
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I'm in the exact same situation as you ^^
Great... just great.
Don't know what mod i have so yeah...
But it's the same message on my screen too :( :(
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Bigperm88
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17. May 2007 @ 13:05 |
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Originally posted by mikeismad:
they cant detect it anyway. if they could they would have mass banned everyone from the get go. jitterfix or not, older firmwares have been used for a while now and they had no jitterfix on them so everyone could have been banned by now. all the firmwares are stealth, they cant detect them at all.
Ms has been known to collect info, act stupid, then mass ban live accounts and 360 serials.
And fyi, even commodore4eva has said that it can be detected, steath or not.
Its MS console, and Ms network. I garantee that they are just sitting there waiting to drop the ban bomb.
But this is all hersay, becasue i wasnt an engineer for the Xbox360.
There is zero proof that they cannot tell, and there is little proof saying they can tell.
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ZabbyX
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17. May 2007 @ 13:39 |
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Is there any solution to the ban?
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Spartan28
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17. May 2007 @ 21:57 |
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flash the original firmware and go back to playing original discs
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17. May 2007 @ 22:24 |
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Originally posted by Spartan28:
flash the original firmware and go back to playing original discs
you still cant play online with that though.
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