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[marksu]

There are rumors that some games banns you beforehand from live even if you even don't have a live account.

Any one else heard about that?

[No_Remorse_666]

Well any game that is LIVE enabled is able to get your xbox eeprom banned.
Even if you don't have a LIVE account. All it takes is for your box to make contact with LIVE server with a hacked bios loaded.

[marksu]

Well I just heard that a specific game would do following.

1. using non orig bios and playing the game
- game marks console as prebanned

2. using orig. bios and going to live
- console marked prebanned get banned even though using orig. bios

Not sure if there is any truth to that. Just wondering if there is any truth to that implementation on a specifig game allready.

If no response from any one about the matter then I take the rumer as hokes.

[cap269]

Ninja Gaiden perhaps?

[marksu]

QUOTE (cap269 @ Apr 27 2004, 04:17 PM)

Ninja Gaiden perhaps?

Well where did you hear about that?

Cause I belive that is same game I heard had to feature.

[Ultima111]

It's not NG, because I have been playing it off my H.D. for about a week now..and have switched to my original H.D. to get on Live.... still have not gotten banned, so that must mean it puts a tag on your H.D. if what you are saying is correct...

Highly unlikely... probably just a roumer(sp?) just like Xenium O.S. was going to be a out " a few days" from the time they announced fuckit etc...

don't make me laugh!

[marksu]

Yes, I start to believe it to be false info then.

[marksu]

QUOTE (spiralsoap @ Apr 28 2004, 04:23 PM)

Tony hawk underground..

More info please.

Not just throughing out names.
Nothing bad ment, just like to know to what experience or knowledge statements are based on.

1.  You heard about the game banning ... ?
2.  Your own experience ... ?
3.   ...

[TB_88]

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hehehe.. sorry, should have elaborated. My brother was playing THUG and clicked xbox live.. (not having live at the time or even the network plugged in) it gave a very strange error screen. when i tried to install live.. it didnt work.. so i figured it was banned and sold it. I didnt really care, im more interested in sticking with pc games online. so to sum it up, i dont know FOR SURE if my live was banned it just really jacked something up doing that. hehehe..

You can't be banned if you haven't connected to a live server.
You maybe got a dashboard error or something.
And that does not mean you were banned.

[shanafan]

Since when Tony Hawk Underground on Xbox Live?  

[Ces2k3]

[opjose]

Crapola!

Some games DO attempt to connect to the live servers unbeknown to the user, usually at startup.

These can get you banned if you are not using one of the newer bioses that prevent connection attempts when they are on. (Wow are these wonderful!).

However they DO NOT "pre-mark" the Xbox to be subsequently banned later.

Bottom line to be safe:

- Use a newer XBLIVE disabled BIOS.
- Leave the hard drive locked or lock your updated drive.
- Leave the original MS (or updated) dashboard on C:\ called XBOXDASH.XBE, and don't screw around with it. Preferably use the latest one if you want progressive scan.
- DO NOT disable the XBLIVE Disabled feature on the hacked bios.
- Install a switch if needed to flip between the two operating modes. With an older TSOP this is pretty simple, if you follow the tutorials to split the TSOP into to 512k banks.... one bank for Live, the other for the hacked BIOS.

This is pretty safe and idiot proof if done properly. A friend, sibling, significant other, is unable to accidentally get you banned as well.