Bungie Slams Banhammer on File Sharers

Logan Frederick

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Bungie Slams Banhammer on File Sharers



Bungie's banning arsenal has been rearmed with tools of mass eradication for Halo 3 file sharers.

A month ago, Halo developer Bungie issued a fair warning to those individuals who decided to use Halo 3's sharing for inappropriate purposes:

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Recently, we've seen a moderate influx of things appearing in File Shares that don't belong there. Some of this is just tweaked content from Halo 3 that has been uploaded in sundry and illegal fashions. In fewer cases, there have been a relatively small number of incidents of folks uploading inappropriate non-game content to the File Share....

Users who have modified content on their File Share - regardless of who created said content - will be subjected to the full power of the Banhammer's thrust. This includes some never-before-unleashed technology that will effectively terminate your Halo multiplayer experience online in every imaginable facet. In fact, the ban is so thorough that simply calling it the Banhammer is a complete understatement. I just couldn't come up with a more hyper-exaggerated term that had the same feel. Banplatform? Banpocalpyse? Banmageddnon? None of those did the trick.
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Last week, the studio announced a tool set that allowed them to tinker and punish the service's abusers, leading to mass banishments for users who were caught either "authoring modified content in a File Share" or "uploading modified content to your File Share".

"Modified content" is defined as anything "created or uploaded outside of the parameters of what can be done using the game-provided tools." Examples are hacked maps or images not included in the game, which Destructoid identified as pornographic screens of topless women. Content offenders were rewarded with a permanent ban from Halo matchmaking, File Share functionality and a month-long ban from the Halo 3 game. Those who only upload content, but don't create it themselves, face only the loss of their File Share accounts.

Bungie answered additonal questions in a brief FAQ:
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Q: WTF I only had a picture of Hitler Pikachu in my File Share that I'd renamed something hilarious to share with my friends and I saw these other guys had pictures of women doing unnamable things to each other. That's dirty, mine is just a joke, unban me.

A: It's wholly subjective to dictate what is and isn't offensive. As a result, there is no subjectivity in assessing how files are treated. If a file qualifies as modded content regardless of whether it's a walrus or a cartoon drawing - it is removed and the authors are removed from Halo 3 Matchmaking.

Q: OK, I'm really, really, really sorry that I filled my File Share with pictures of naked women. I won't do it again. Can I have my File Share back please?

A: lololololol
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Source: Bungie [http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=14994]

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Crusnik

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Bungie said:
Q: OK, I'm really, really, really sorry that I filled my File Share with pictures of naked women. I won't do it again. Can I have my File Share back please?

A: lololololol
That's hilarious. It's nice to see a developer attempting to take control of user generated content without actually limiting creativity.
 

meatloaf231

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Bwahahaha! Sweet! A developer is actually taking drastic measures against idiots, instead of just slapping their hand and saying "that's a no no".
 

JackofTrades

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Crusnik said:
Bungie said:
Q: OK, I'm really, really, really sorry that I filled my File Share with pictures of naked women. I won't do it again. Can I have my File Share back please?

A: lololololol
Nice quote to Arby N' Chief, I'm kinda glad about this but I just wish there was something they could do about the annoying 10 year olds who shout the most annoying things over the microphone for about an hour or more
 

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JackofTrades said:
Crusnik said:
Bungie said:
Q: OK, I'm really, really, really sorry that I filled my File Share with pictures of naked women. I won't do it again. Can I have my File Share back please?

A: lololololol
Nice quote to Arby N' Chief, I'm kinda glad about this but I just wish there was something they could do about the annoying 10 year olds who shout the most annoying things over the microphone for about an hour or more
It's called the Mute button :)

Oh how I love it so...
 

X3heartless

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God that's what i love about gaming companys,someone ask you a question and you can respond with lolololol.
 

HomeAliveIn45

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His language actually frightens me: "...some never-before-unleashed technology that will effectively terminate your Halo multiplayer experience online in every imaginable facet." That's just scary.
 

ElArabDeMagnifico

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I don't get it, why can't people share non-halo related files with each other?

(as you can see I don't play this game)
 

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ElArabDeMagnifico said:
I don't get it, why can't people share non-halo related files with each other?

(as you can see I don't play this game)
The file share is designed so that players can send pictures of them teabagging to the player who got teabagged. It is not within the confines of the game to create modded content which is why bungie are punishing them.
 

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ElArabDeMagnifico said:
I don't get it, why can't people share non-halo related files with each other?

(as you can see I don't play this game)
because people were putting pornographic images in their file share. (the file share was only meant for in game content but moders found ways to put in other stuff)
 

Logan Frederick

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lukemdizzle said:
ElArabDeMagnifico said:
I don't get it, why can't people share non-halo related files with each other?

(as you can see I don't play this game)
because people were putting pornographic images in their file share. (the file share was only meant for in game content but moders found ways to put in other stuff)
Exactly, the key is that if you're putting up non-Halo content, then you had to have hacked the game, which is just the tipping point to much larger problems.
 

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Brilliant. Nice to see Bungie swing the Banpocalpyse(?) now they need to get to work on the dick heads that play online.
 

ElArabDeMagnifico

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Logan Frederick said:
lukemdizzle said:
ElArabDeMagnifico said:
I don't get it, why can't people share non-halo related files with each other?

(as you can see I don't play this game)
because people were putting pornographic images in their file share. (the file share was only meant for in game content but moders found ways to put in other stuff)
Exactly, the key is that if you're putting up non-Halo content, then you had to have hacked the game, which is just the tipping point to much larger problems.
OH! Now I get it - I still thought "ok well big deal, it's just file sharing between friends" , but I wasn't looking at the bigger picture.

Man I feel stupid.