1. Modders getting axed = good :)
Non-Modders getting axed too = bad :(

Hopefully the rumors about MS banning people by the mac addresses inst true, cause mac addresses arnt unique

Posted at 5:15PM on Oct 29th 2006 by KineticOnline 0 stars

2. It's not easily detected -_-

Posted at 5:42PM on Oct 29th 2006 by Osiris 0 stars

3. MAC addresses travel on layer 2 only, they won't make it on the internet. Unless the Xbox specifically reports them; which is possible since it scans the hardware anyway.

Posted at 5:45PM on Oct 29th 2006 by SlyEcho 0 stars

4. Sounds very bogus to me. I am sure this will happen soon- but you would hear a much louder wimper on the web about this.
My view is that as long as there is no cheating on live, mod away. I buy my games. Mods have killed Halo 2 online. Such a shame.

Msoft should just make all new boxes have locked down firmware and move on.

Posted at 5:58PM on Oct 29th 2006 by Sean 0 stars

5. BRICK THEM! BRICK THEM! BRICK THEM!

Posted at 6:07PM on Oct 29th 2006 by Edge of Blade 0 stars

6. How could they detect it? From my understanding, the drive just reports that the disc is correct when asked to check, so the box just has to trust that the drive isn't lying, because the only thing that could know is the drive itself... Unless they can read some info about the firmware itself... but a good firmware hacker could rig that too, i feel like...
-Taylor

Posted at 7:24PM on Oct 29th 2006 by Taylor Alexander 0 stars

7. bah , if they ban then we wont go Live , but doesnt stop us from backing up our games , didnt stop me on XBox wont on XBox360.

Posted at 7:59PM on Oct 29th 2006 by Saocom 0 stars

8. I agree... BRICK THEM. None of you are making "backups" to "protect your investment" and you know it.

Posted at 8:55PM on Oct 29th 2006 by ZeroCorpse 1 star

9. MAC addresses ARE globally unique, barring address cloning (and you can always unclone).

And I say, ban them all.

Posted at 5:59AM on Oct 30th 2006 by J.Goodwin 0 stars

10. Man, I hate the cynisism of a lot of people. Some people, like myself, would actually like the option of making backups of our games, so we dont run the risk of damaging the originals! I've already had a couple of games die due to the 360 falling on its side during play, and it wasnt pretty, not to the wallet, either, I might add. I back up most of my DVDs for fear of having them scratched, or just generally suffer wear and tear to the point where they're unusable.
Ever since I've softmodded my xbox 1, I've not downloaded/copied/stolen one single game - yes, I use it to run backups, but that's exactly what they are, BACKUPS.
It just makes me go, when people think the worst of other people, the cynicists.

Posted at 7:00AM on Oct 30th 2006 by Lesbian Ham 0 stars

11. Also, I was just considering having the firmware-modding chip installed into my 360 this week... Guess I'll have to wait and see how this story turns out before I do...

Posted at 7:03AM on Oct 30th 2006 by Lesbian Ham 0 stars