CoD:MW2

[Malacite]

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I told you there'd be bans for that glitch >_>

Xbox Live moderators getting serious about Modern Warfare 2's Javelin glitch

Oh, you think it's funny, making your virtual soldier explode with the force of a small supernova every time he gets killed? Yeah, we suppose it is. Know what else is funny? Getting banned from Xbox Live. Oh, wait, did we say funny? We meant really unpleasant. However, according to Xbox Live's Director of Policy and Enforcement, Stephen Toulouse, using Modern Warfare 2's Javelin glitch (an unsavory practice demoed in this video) is cheating, as defined by the service's Terms of Use. According to Toulouse, anyone caught self-detonating will be banned for 24 hours, or if caught repeatedly, two weeks.

For us honest folk, it seems the wait for a patch, which will cull the kamikaze epidemic, will be short. Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling tweeted yesterday that a fix is currently being tested, and, "once it's cleared, we'll be urging it through Microsoft & Sony certification as fast as possible." Keep the fire, troops. We can make it through this thing together.

[Durahansolo]

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I told you there'd be bans for that glitch >_>

I'm not surprised.

I just unlocked the Javelin but haven't used it yet. I've only used the Stinger and Bazooka before, if I remember right. I'm just sad that as much as I've played, I still have 20 levels to go to get to 70...

[DakAttack]

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The Javelin is pretty lame, but I've seen some people rocking out with it pretty hard. It's slower than the Stinger, making it worse for shooting down air targets, but it does have the added bonus of being able to strike the ground. That's where I seem to have zero luck.

I haven't played in a while. I started using the shield a lot, and it's so much fun compared to some of the other guns. It's a little hinky though, because it's so sensitive to lag. You may be in close quarters with an enemy, keeping him in front of you at all times, when you suddenly die and the killcam reveals that at some point he sprinted beside you. Also, foot kills are crazy dangerous for some reason. I think they're just as powerful as headshots, but not rewarded.

[Malacite]

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The Javelin is pretty lame, but I've seen some people rocking out with it pretty hard. It's slower than the Stinger, making it worse for shooting down air targets, but it does have the added bonus of being able to strike the ground. That's where I seem to have zero luck.

Well, IRL (last I checked anyway) Stinger Missiles are the bane of aircraft.

[DakAttack]

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Well, IRL

Not to be mean or anything, but if we're going to do an IRL thing I have a bunch of contributions: IRL dropping bombs on buildings would demolish them. IRL heartbeat sensors don't exist. IRL you would never see the stealth bombers that are dropping bombs on you. IRL I forget some of the others.

[Durahansolo]

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IRL you would never see the stealth bombers that are dropping bombs on you.

I thought about that same thing the second time I saw the Stealth Bomber... The first time I was like OMG SO KEWL!

[Malacite]

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lol just saying, the game does try to strike a level of realism with the weapons (and not just aesthetically) and in that regard, Stinger Missiles are the shit. I'd like to point out they're just that though; the Stinger is a kind of missile and not the actual weapon that fires them (like say a Nikita)

FIM-92 Stinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ShepardG]

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Can someone explain the Javelin Glitch? I can't view the video...

[DakAttack]

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Can someone explain the Javelin Glitch? I can't view the video...

Through some weapon switching technique, you somehow prime the stinger missile launcher to explode upon your death. It creates a surprisingly large explosion, so in small maps it can be part of a very effective suicide tactic.

[ShepardG]

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So basically Suicide bombers?


And their banning this because.... Suicide Bombers aren't Modern enough? OHHHH i see their just not "Fun" enough.

Yeah suicide bombers is pretty fucking dificult to defeat (I.E. see the news today about suicde bombers killing 118+ folks in baghdad)

[Malacite]

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And their banning this because.... Suicide Bombers aren't Modern enough? OHHHH i see their just not "Fun" enough.

Sarcasm or... ?

They're being banned because it's a stupid cheap-tactic that often results in multiple deaths, or at the very least you end up killing the guy who killed you as well depending on your proximity.

[Durahansolo]

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So basically Suicide bombers?

No, its just a glitch. Suicide Bombing would be me playing Battlefield 2: MC while driving a Humvee strapped with C4 into a tank then blowing it up. Sometimes I'd have gotten far enough away from the hummer to survive the blast, and sometimes I'd die. Man I miss that game.

[ShepardG]

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Sarcasm or... ?

They're being banned because it's a stupid cheap-tactic that often results in multiple deaths, or at the very least you end up killing the guy who killed you as well depending on your proximity.

Sarcasm...yeah a bit, I understand it's cheap, but i guess my argument was it's also Realistic. Maybe not the way it's implemented in MW2 with the "Glitch" but the actual tactic of running up to a group of people and blowing yourself and them to smitherines.

And dura, your thinking of a SVBIED >> Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device.

[Durahansolo]

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And dura, your thinking of a SVBIED >> Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device.

That works.

[Malacite]

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Sarcasm...yeah a bit, I understand it's cheap, but i guess my argument was it's also Realistic. Maybe not the way it's implemented in MW2 with the "Glitch" but the actual tactic of running up to a group of people and blowing yourself and them to smitherines.

How is blowing up after getting stabbed by a fucking knife realistic?