Comments on: Glitch Politics

By: Shenita Lorentzen

Shenita Lorentzen — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:11:26 +0000

Lol this guy says he got some Runescape hacks... think he's kidding? Would that even be possible since RS is a server side game?

By: James

James — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:52:14 +0000

The cheat aspect of the Javelin Glitch is being able to take out several players on one go; you may die once, but if you take four players with you then you’re still laughing, especially when it comes to winning team deathmatches.

As for the infinite ammo glitch, Infinity Ward are on it:

“#MW2 Update in Test now: 1887s Balanced. Public “private” Match fix. Infinite Ammo fix. Prestige Hack on PS3 fix. Texture Hack on PC fix.”

At this rate they’re going to have to open a seperate MW2 glitch-fixing department. There have even been calls from forums to reset the leaderboard completely.

By: MrCuddleswick

MrCuddleswick — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:23:37 +0000

Yeah, the Javelin glitch arguably isn’t really a cheat – is there a clear unfair advantage gained through it’s use? The very best you can hope for with it is to die and take more than one person with you. Got to be easier to just use your gun. People weren’t going to be flying up the rankings using the javelin glitch.

This new infinite ammo glitch though……well, that’s a disaster.

By: UnsocialToaster

UnsocialToaster — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:35:17 +0000

The Javelin glitch seems like a walk in the park compared to the new glitch on the block, the lovely infinite ammo with no need to reload in the 360 version.

It spreads like a virus, sitting in the cache of anyone who has played a game like it, waiting to pass it on to everyone in the lobby if you host. At least one person with a Javelin can be sniped from a distance, constant noob toobing from an entire team is just rediculous.

By: James

James — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:59:04 +0000

Reports on GameSpot forums suggest that Microsoft have actually banned people since they released the warning. As for enforcement and jurisdiction, it may not Microsoft or Sony’s job to police in-game glitches, but it is their job to moderate the use of their online services. It’s up to Infinity Ward to fix the glitch (the fix has now made it through certification and is on the way) but because this kind of cheating is dertrimental to players’ gamerscores / ranking etc, Microsoft feel that it is an Xbox Live issue, not just an Infinity Ward issue. If the glitch only worked in the single player campaign I imagine neither company would give a monkeys who used it.

By: asamink

asamink — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:45:38 +0000

Did Microsoft ban anyone for exploiting this glitch, or were they just threatening people without actually following through?
Is it Microsoft or Sony’s job to police abuse of in game glitches?
How do they enforce it?

I think I’m with Sony on this one. They didn’t write the game, IW are the ones to blame. They let nature take it’s course. Force everyone to download the update if they are to play online, and let it fade into the distance as yet another one of those glitches that have come and gone. At least nobody died…..