xbox live bans

well its been a good run but i've finaly been banned from xbox live,

xbox have started a new wave of banning consoles and it seems that i was right that it co insides with the release of a new dashboard.

so just a heads up to the others that have flashed 360's that are not banned yet unplug them from the internet until the new firmware comes out so you don't get banned cause if you do that console can never go on live ever again

 

Thanks for the advise petey, I heard that the dashboards automatically install ???

 

i don't know i won't be able to get it as i'm banned

 

New Dashboards are out??

I haven't been on live for a loooong time!

Thanks for the heads up though

 

What do you mean "flashed 360's"....

 

they play copied games.

not yet, it will be soon but a new wave of bans has started

 

Oh okay, mine doesn't play copied games....that means it's been "modded" to do that right?

-Will you make a new account to play at least?

 

yep it bans the console and no one has come up with a way to un ban it,

i've not been on live for a while no so i'm not to bothered but if i do want to i'll wait till the new firmware comes out and i'll probably buy another red ringer and mod that or swap my console with my brother who doesn't go on live and update his firmware so i can slay on live again.

 

Well, at least you have options. And what games do you have that you play on live?

 

I read a few years ago, when the first Xbox live was setup, there was an Xbox mod that came with a sort of ON/OFF switch that enabled you to switch the modchip's function ON or OFF. When you play on Xbox Live you're supposed to turn off the chip which meant you have to play using legit games discs. Didn't that go well?

 

yeah there was something like that for the original xbox but you just flash the firmware of the 360 drive.

and it was stealthed but every now and a again Microsoft give up on banning people and then just before a big update do a banning wave.
i have a feeling its so they make a ton of money from modders as they have to buy new consoles

 

A Business strategy then eh? Could be.

 

I thought you had to get a new xbox, account and ip adress when you get banned. I was wrong, but banning waves is a bit harsh, haven't people learnt a hidden way to flash 360's yet? It sounds like a lot of oncoming problems...

 

I hope this doesn't make the Xbox360 unpupular. Because if it does I'm going to have to cancel my game and port it to the PS3

 

It will never be unpopular, a little less popular to pirates but your target audience is non-pirates so you should be fine.

 

no just a new 360, if i get a new console i can still use my gamertag

if you flash your 360 you know you run the risk of a ban, its been the best run yet at almost a year or so since the last ban wave

 

I heard that in theory you could some how force the RROD and then send it in for free and you would get a new console.

The reason new accounts doesn't work is because they ban the individual MAC Address of the Xbox360 from what I've heard.
Best of luck in getting it sorted out, I'm going to play it safe and just get a gamefly subscription this holiday season.