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Genuine question: what sort of cheating do you refer to? I know boosting goes on to level up and get nuke challenges, but I've never actually had my game affected by cheaters. I think there's been two hacks since it came out, but they were patched within the day.

you will find and i know this as i have ventured into the cause that you can use hacks for the xbox and the pc is a absolute joke for hackers..wall hacking, and aim bots are the most popular then no recoil is another..i run a website for pc gamers and have given up on mw2, i tried just for curiosity purposes a wall hack to see if my suspisions were correct and found (im not joking)...every server i entered had atleast 2+ wall hackers... i dont play it anymore, its an awful game ruined by not having dedicated servers where you can control hackers

Ah, so. I play 360 and have honestly never seen a hacked player. I'm usually in the top 3 scorers, so it's clearly not affecting my game too much.

I know of boosters / hacked lobbys / people with auto headshot / extra reach stab etc etc. Usually they have a modded xbox, which you can tell by their username i.e. colours or different to the gamercard, which i report on sight.

Boosters can be annoying if you don't notice it but they are easy to discourage if you follow them and continuously screw em.
i've been playing battlefield 2 and thats pretty good but doesn't have the flow of COD.

I'll keep my eyes open. I'm an active reporter, but haven't reported any of the modded usernames yet as I wasn't sure what they were. So you're saying someone scoring 3000 and getting lots of headshots might well be a cheater?

i've been playing battlefield 2 and thats pretty good but doesn't have the flow of COD.

I sort of know what you mean re battlefield but can't put my finger on it.

Usually they have a modded xbox, which you can tell by their username i.e. colours or different to the gamercard, which i report on sight.

please dont.
Not every mod you see means they are a hacker. Simple exploits found through the data transfer cable made that possible, as well as unlocking achievements and dun dun dunnnnn levelling in CoD.
Modded xboxs are a whole different shebang but can do anything you can do with a data transfer cable, so it makes it hard to tell who the hardc0r3 h4x0r is and who the script kiddie is.
If you really want to report some 12 or so y/o kid (my brother is 13 and does this) for changing the colour of his name or wanting all the emblems, then do it

I'll keep my eyes open. I'm an active reporter, but haven't reported any of the modded usernames yet as I wasn't sure what they were. So you're saying someone scoring 3000 and getting lots of headshots might well be a cheater?

Its all relative of course.

@Rosmal, again its relative to whether you see evidence of a hack. But then those without the cable or hax are disadvantaged why shouldn't they report.

reports Rosmal's brother for playing an 18-rated game

I sort of know what you mean re battlefield but can't put my finger on it.

I think its the length of the games and the way the stats are so disjointed.I like the game play just not the way you always have the same objective. On cod you have the target of reaching red tiger or getting combat knife on your pistol etc

A hack is a hack, you know this too Gatti, but fo'real, you'd send the same report to microsoft for someone with a different coloured name as you would for someone force inviting you to a game and making you run around while his homing throwing knife and recoilless, fully automatic intervention hunt you down?
Whai

Cg - id be afriad if i were you too.

BF2 is still the shit, nothing beats (somewhat) complete modern warfare.
Project reality anyone?

I think its the length of the games and the way the stats are so disjointed.I like the game play just not the way you always have the same objective. On cod you have the target of reaching red tiger or getting combat knife on your pistol etc

yeah game length is a factor for sure. I do enjoy the rush levels though, but having nearly maxed out my weapons you run out of options like you said. Love blowing up buildings though!

I think he meant that a modded gamertag PLUS suspiciously good play means you've got a cheat.

Friends have spoken of players moving freakishly quickly, or being unloading clips into players without killing them, but I thought they were just jaded by war and insensible.

oh ok.

anyway, most hacks are used in private games nowadays and are applied to everyone by the host so they can be really fun.
If your running around in public game with 'em, your looking for a ban. Simple.

I think he meant that a modded gamertag PLUS suspiciously good play means you've got a cheat.

Friends have spoken of players moving freakishly quickly, or being unloading clips into players without killing them, but I thought they were just jaded by war and insensible.

I put this down to lag.

I have noticed on a number of occasions enemies on MW2 with green names above their heads, there was a spate of different coloured names on MW1 but the green was bright. In MW2 the green appears to be the same as a friendly's, I thought this was because of guys on my team standing behind them the first time, but it started happening more regularly, and there wasn't even a guy on my side there. This is on PS3.

Now that's a sneaky cheat

the colored gamertag isnt a hack..you can do it by putting ^x behind what you want to color and 'x' is the number ranging from 0 to 9. Each number gives different color. I have done it with mine.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut-trailer-littlebigplanet-2/100038

LittleBigPlanet2 looks incredible....

Love that game.

Yeah I came back to it recently, the levels people are making now are just mind blowingly great!

A few good ones, here:
http://www.heavy.com/comedy/2010/04/the-20-worst-video-game-box-covers/

I apologize, if repost.

Just to those who dont know,
steam has been released for Mac and for a limited time Portal is Free so download it now.

Also, pounding geometry wars lately, id recommend.

Just to those who dont know,
steam has been released for Mac and for a limited time Portal is Free so download it now.

Also, pounding geometry wars lately, id recommend.

Just Dl'd and installed steam, impressed to discover my account that i registered about 5 years ago still works! Less than impressed with the current selection of games available. I spose i was expecting a bit too much to be able to play everything straight away.

Also it took 2 downloads/installs before it worked. Thinking back to when i first installed it on a PC, it was pretty buggy and slow. Hoping it has improved in the intervening years.

Fuck yeah! steam on mac!

games election is a bit meh... i downloaded portal to see how it all worked etc. plays pretty good, but i have already finished it on my xbox