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[finalman]

Just wondering if anyone else had been banned with the "This Console Has Been Banned for violations of the Terms of Use" warning but later checked and the warning changes to "This Account Has Been Banned for violations of the Terms of Use"

This has happened to me. I'm pretty sure it changed after the Dec 2007 Update.

Is this a temporary banning?

Anyone know what the hells going on here!!!

[Devedander]

If you are already banned I would call MS and ask them... nothing to loose.

If your console is banned... well that's what we have been dealing with all along.

If they ban your account I would wonder if your console is also banned (if it wasn't that could be a big plus or a minus depending on how you look at it).  It might be that MS decided users are more attached to their gamertags and scores than their boxes and are taking what they perceive as more valuable.

Or they could be banning both... ouch...

[DHA]

I was banned earlier today. But it didn't come up with a message, I just did the test and Xbox Live failed and i got the status code that everyone else has been getting. My account is fine, it's just the console thats screwed.

This post has been edited by DHA: Dec 18 2007, 11:19 PM

[finalman]

QUOTE(DHA @ Dec 18 2007, 11:54 PM)

I was banned earlier today. But it didn't come up with a message, I just did the test and Xbox Live failed and i got the status code that everyone else has been getting. My account is fine, it's just the console thats screwed.

To get the description of the BAN you goto the NAT Settings. Thats where it describes the "This Console Has Been Banned for violations of the Terms of Use" warning

[biglen]

mine says account banned,not console.

[Mienaikage]

Mine said account, and also mine wasn't under NAT, it was under Network Adapter

This post has been edited by Mienaikage: Dec 19 2007, 07:59 AM

[XmdawgX]

QUOTE(Mienaikage @ Dec 19 2007, 02:35 AM)

Mine said account, and also mine wasn't under NAT, it was under Network Adapter

Its under all of them for me, before the description of the test.

[vydex]

I mentioned this a couple of days ago in another thread. I also had the account has been banned message. I phoned up MS C/support and they said that if the console had been banned that was it, I reitterrated to the guy that it was the account that was banned and it was on the same day that accounts xbox live membership ran out. He tried looking into the matter but couldnt find anything on his system he then told me query number and that I should wait for MS to e-mail me about the querey. I have yet to hear anything via e-mail from MS.
Personnally from the way things are looking MS have totally fucked up the banning process on this ban wave somehow. So we could just get lucky you never know.

[XmdawgX]

QUOTE(vydex @ Dec 19 2007, 09:52 AM)

I mentioned this a couple of days ago in another thread. I also had the account has been banned message. I phoned up MS C/support and they said that if the console had been banned that was it, I reitterrated to the guy that it was the account that was banned and it was on the same day that accounts xbox live membership ran out. He tried looking into the matter but couldnt find anything on his system he then told me query number and that I should wait for MS to e-mail me about the querey. I have yet to hear anything via e-mail from MS.
Personnally from the way things are looking MS have totally fucked up the banning process on this ban wave somehow. So we could just get lucky you never know.

Yeah I have two consoles, my modded console got banned the week after the Fall Update and always said "This Account has been banned".  So I tried to login to my account on my unmodded xbox and sure enough, I can connect.  

However, Just after the recent ban wave last weekend, my unmodded console was banned too.  I wonder if they're following my account and banning every xbox I use? Or did my 2nd xbox just get caught in the mix with the other innocent consoles?

Either way I'm very pissed.  I see the reason for banning the modded console, as I did violate the Terms of Service.  However, it's absolutely ridiculous that my other console that I bought JUST TO USE LIVE got banned when I used it for nothing other than playing my 3 original copy games I own on xbox live.


EDIT:  Also, I believe if your account is banned, you can just create another silver one to verify it.  If not, well then your console is.  You could also try taking out the hard drive and doing a network connection test (at least I think? I don't know, this really isn't my area of expertees) to see if it still says "This Account Has Been Banned".    It might just be referring to your xbox360's serial number as an "account".

This post has been edited by XmdawgX: Dec 19 2007, 03:40 PM

[Ranger72]

A friend of mine who was banned a week ago can no longer recover his gamer tag on any console.

[brandogg]

XmdawgX is correct. Your account = your console. When you try to do the Live test, you sign out of any Gamertags anyway, and if you try to create/use another account, you'll get the same message. It seems that they may be banning the Gamertag as well now, though, which is a total crock of shite if it's true.

[Devedander]

If they are banning gamer tags that's pretty rough as you might accidentally play on your friends box who is modded and not know about it, or buy a used console from a store and not know its modded.

[XmdawgX]

QUOTE(Ranger72 @ Dec 19 2007, 11:09 AM)

A friend of mine who was banned a week ago can no longer recover his gamer tag on any console.

Well, I can still login to Xbox.com.