Halo 3 Epsilon cheaters banned until 9999 AD

  • By thorsen-ink, GameSpot
  • Posted Sep 7, 2007 4:30 pm PT

Microsoft is apparently making strong examples of anyone trying to sneak into the Halo 3 Epsilon test. The crackdown came to light when a 17-year-old Minnesotan who goes by the handle "Scar" posted a tale of woe on the forums of the Halo-focused modding site Se7ensins.com. His post was accompanied...

Microsoft is apparently making strong examples of anyone trying to sneak into the Halo 3 Epsilon test. The crackdown came to light when a 17-year-old Minnesotan who goes by the handle "Scar" posted a tale of woe on the forums of the Halo-focused modding site Se7ensins.com. His post was accompanied by a photo of his ban notice from Xbox Live, which expires on December 31, 9999 AD--some 7,447 years after the events in Halo are supposed to take place.

How did the eternal banhammer fall on Scar? "A friend said he got the Epsilon from a friend and offered me to glitch it onto my account with what you call the two-controller exploit," he told GameSpot. "I downloaded it from Marketplace and played it for maybe six hours or so all alone, in custom games and campaign. [Then] it would kick me offline every time i tried to play Epsilon. It wasn't until the next day when i signed on that I found out i got banned."

Despite being a self-described "achievement whore" with a GamerScore of over 61,000, Scar--who doesn't want his real name made public--has no plans to appeal his ban. "Other people i know that had this happen to them at the same time as me called support and had no luck," he rued. "I know of at least 10 others that downloaded it and got banned till 9999."

When asked for comment, reps for Microsoft said the company was not officially commenting on the 7,992-year bans. However, a source close to Bungie said the ban screen "looked legit," wryly adding, "Sorry, great, great, great, great grandkids."

1146 Comments

  • Mauricekuh

    Posted Apr 30, 2009 3:55 pm PT

    not fair that those ppl used the final copy of halo 3 to play with, but a perm ban with an almost funny 7992 year ban is a lil cruel... i mean, for us that ban is funny, but those who have been banned with a thought like ''ahhh dont worry you will be unbanned... in 7992 years'' its not, a bit childish actually.

  • ScarlitSuccubus

    Posted Aug 29, 2008 1:25 pm PT

    Ok well my nephew was banned with the same message, however, he did not do the cheat on Halo. We brought his account over to 360 and because I didnt go through and change the family settings it made it so that when he tried to use version 1 it said he was banned but he could still logon on the 360. apparently the default adult setting mean that version 1 games cant be play on the account and voice communication is not allowed. This is what I was told by the techs at microsoft. So if you have a kid account on 360 and its banning you from version 1 xbox and you didnt try the hack then maybe this will be the solution. Just offering some help to those who might need it. Not sure if this is actually the thing that is causeing it but thats what they told me. ill repost tomorrow/later tonight to let you all know

  • lilsasuke4

    Posted Jul 17, 2008 9:21 am PT

    JUST GET A NEW XBOX FOR CHRIST SAKE

  • ArmedReaper

    Posted Dec 10, 2007 8:35 pm PT

    If the archeologists ever find a working 360, chances are they are his great^20 grandchildren, and wont be able to get online.

  • tjoeb123

    Posted Nov 9, 2007 9:10 pm PT

    wonder what it'll be like in 9999 (we'll all be dead by then, so who cares)

  • andalore

    Posted Sep 29, 2007 7:03 am PT

    Owned, thats what he gets, wort wort biatch

  • oSatano666

    Posted Sep 21, 2007 7:34 am PT

    HAAAAAAAAA HHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Hail asatan

  • Bczican015

    Posted Sep 18, 2007 4:46 pm PT

    Wort wort wort.

  • proche16

    Posted Sep 17, 2007 1:01 pm PT

    rofl wow that sux but by that time jesus will have came and said DANNNG dude that sux

  • linkyshinks

    Posted Sep 17, 2007 12:10 pm PT

    This derivative crap cannot be for real can it?, I know it's Bungie we are talking about but this is ridiculous. I feel very let down

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_vW6RHy8FM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecubed3%2Ecom%2Ftopic%2F25375%2F

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Sep 16, 2007 2:12 pm PT

    It was probably worth it!

    He must be so mad. He probably got a PS3 becuase he lost all of those points.

  • funnymario

    Posted Sep 16, 2007 2:05 pm PT

    Ban Hammer. More like the Hammer of Dawn

  • FoccusedRhyme

    Posted Sep 16, 2007 1:52 pm PT

    lolollololoollololololololololololol (sorry its freakin funny).

  • Lee_Stricklin

    Posted Sep 15, 2007 9:15 am PT

    OK does anyone here think that maybe 9999 AD is a little crazy? I mean I hate cheaters as much as everybody else but 9999 AD?

  • 360Doug

    Posted Sep 15, 2007 8:15 am PT

    lol he must be annoyed like hell!

    should waited like every1 else

  • drummerboykhari

    Posted Sep 14, 2007 9:53 pm PT

    OUCH!!!!!

  • wakkydude

    Posted Sep 14, 2007 10:00 am PT

    shouldn't they say Perma Baneed?

  • Scorch6679

    Posted Sep 13, 2007 8:02 pm PT

    seriously...... seriously....... sometimes bungie can be evil sure he used epsilon but jeez 9999 AD

  • xployt268

    Posted Sep 13, 2007 3:03 am PT

    C U on XBOX LIVE in year January 10000

  • littlegman

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 9:26 pm PT

    wow, banned until New Year's Eve, 9999 AD, rofl. I think that should keep people from cheating on Halo 3...

  • andrius45

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 3:46 pm PT

    he'll go to heaven for that but then he'll still have to wait to play it online.

  • elitesonico

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 9:33 am PT

    Hahahah!!!
    Sorry Scar, but there's a good part: your grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand greatson will be able to enjoy the halo experience.

  • ghsacidman

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 8:56 am PT

    Man... I'm tired of cheaters. If you weren't invited to the Epsilon test just wait LESS THAN 2 WEEKS for the game to actually come out. He lost a 67K gamerscore so he could play 2 weeks early? Thats so not worth it.

  • NoDice_386

    Posted Sep 12, 2007 8:15 am PT

    "DiscGuru101 "Scar has no plans to appeal his ban" -Yeah, he would rather just wait it out."

    LMFAO

  • switchdr

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 11:16 pm PT

    Absolutely roflol! I;m still busting a gut!

  • pro_gamer45

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 11:08 pm PT

    ok, this is the prime example of getting shafted

  • BlackKobra94

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 8:47 pm PT

    pwned,burned,owned, thats all that I can think of for right now

  • mars1212

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 7:33 pm PT

    haha extremely owned
    omg thats great
    sucks for him
    XD

  • Dragonchea

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 7:07 pm PT

    roflmfao

  • Wolfie600

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 6:18 pm PT

    im gonna be very old by that time..

  • commanderdezro

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 5:53 pm PT

    lmao this guy got busted

  • Reganster

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 4:46 pm PT

    ha, they could of lifetime banned him, but instead they banned him for 7,992 years. thats definitely one way to get their point across

  • jumpmanz23

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 4:26 pm PT

    O wow who glitches

  • gorillaz_13

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 3:33 pm PT

    justice is served, halo style XD

  • putis1

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 2:53 pm PT

    wow! "Despite being a self-described "achievement whore" with a GamerScore of over 61,000," LOL. Microsoft should have sent him a letter with masterchief eating pie saying JYA WHAT NOW! WHAT NOW YOU WHORE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHH! i cant stop laughing! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!

  • monkeyidol

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 1:34 pm PT

    id rather be trapped in the Phantom Zone from the Superman movies than be banned on xbox live till 9999 AD.

  • giosac

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 1:29 pm PT

    WOA!!! SEE IT IN THIS WAY: NOW YOU CAN PLAY COPY GAMES WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING BANNED...LOL!!!!GRAND GRAND GRAND...CHILDREN????? FUNNY JOKE....

  • giosac

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 1:28 pm PT

    WOA!!! SEE IT IN THIS WAY: NOW YOU CAN PLAY COPY GAMES WITHOUT FEAR OG BEING BANNED...LOL!!!!GRAND GRAND GRNAD...CHILDREN????? FUNNY JOKE....

  • MocaMoses

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 1:24 pm PT

    thats flat out awesome .. whats comes around goes around scar .. couldn't just wait like the rest of us hahahahahahah till 9999 hahahahah

  • spartan_lord

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 12:59 pm PT

    realy curios about this epilipson bizz eh?
    idiot did get what was coming to him though.

  • OGKNav

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 12:49 pm PT

    THIS IS THE MASTER CHIEF BANHAMMER

  • BigWorld41

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 12:15 pm PT

    Wort Wort Wort

  • 1357900

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 11:44 am PT

    On the next episode of Cheaters, kid gets banned forever on Halo. I don't fully understand. If I'm to understand this, a kid cheated on a download demo, to raise his gamerscore, got caught, & is now banned from the game until 9999? Okay, whatever.

  • GhostStalkerX1

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 11:35 am PT

    I agree that this is fair, but there is one thing about this punishment that gets me worried. What about those ppl that just leave bad feedback or call you in for beating theme in a leet game? I mean some ppl cant think "wow this guy is good and or better than me'. I know this from H2 I would get in the gause hog and pwn ppl with it...On the accasion i had host and or off host, but on a good one. Or even in a regular BR fight. PPL would tell that i was a cheater or just so happen the person that had host was a terible one and they were not smart enough to think man this lagg is terible. You see this is when my consern comes in, Bungie/MS are yall actually gona check to see if the person that was left bad feedback is really cheating or you just gonna drop the hammer on him.

  • Rockmanneo12

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 11:21 am PT

    Sucks to be him.

  • FASAL

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 11:01 am PT

    FFXII Damage Limit if ya asked me

  • Valmier

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 10:25 am PT

    That SUCKS. It's a bit harsh, in my opinion. I mean, what, now they can't play XBL until they get an Xbox 361 (or nextbox, whatever it will be called)? Man... another reason to wait for my 360 until Halo 3's release... or at least soon enough to pick it up the second it touches the borders of my town...

  • GonzoGuy

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 10:04 am PT

    They're really going to have problems on 1/1/10000 when the zombie cheaters will rise from the grave to take their revenge on XBLA.

  • Squirrelman5674

    Posted Sep 11, 2007 9:59 am PT

    Looks like his family wont be playing on that account til Great^23rd grandkid. That sucks.

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