With a profusion of hackers, boosters, and cheaters in Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer, Infinity Ward is taking a stand by creating an online code of conduct for all CoD: Ghosts players. Not only are there certain rules, but there are penalties if they are not followed as well. Here’s a list describing each offense to the code of conduct and their penalties.
Definition of commonly used terms:
Temporary Ban – A ban that can range from 48 hours to 2 weeks, depending on the severity of the infraction.
Permanent Ban – Bans that are lasting and final.
Minor Offense – An offense in which no quantifiable damage has been done to another user or the game community at large.
Extreme Offense – An offense in which a player has caused detriment to other users or has organized large groups of users to commit additional offenses.
Modding / Hacking – Any user who runs a modified version of game code or uses a modified game profile is subject to penalty.
First Offense: User will be permanently banned from playing the game online, will have their stats reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.
- Console users who modify their hardware or profile data will also be reported to console manufacturers.
- PC users on Steam will be reported to the Steam enforcement team.
Pirated Content – Any user who illegally acquires Call of Duty: Ghosts content is subject to penalty.
First Offense: User will be permanently banned from playing the game online, will have their stats reset, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.
- Console users in possession of illegally acquired content will also be reported to console manufacturers.
- PC users on Steam will be reported to the Steam enforcement team.
Boosting – Any user who colludes with another user to exploit the game for the purpose of gaining XP, prestige, game score, weapon level, or in-game unlock is subject to penalty.
First Offense: User will be temporarily banned from playing the game online, will have their stats reset,and will have their leaderboard entries deleted.
Multiple Offenses: User will be temporarily banned from playing the game online, will have their stats reset, will have online split-screen privileges revoked, will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards, and will lose the ability to use prestige token/unlocks.
Glitching – Any user who abuses an exploit in game code or other established rule of play is subject to penalty. An example includes but is not limited to using a hole in the map geo to intentionally go outside of the map boundary.
First Offense: User will be temporarily banned from playing the game online, will have their stats reset, and will have their leaderboard entries deleted.
Multiple Offenses: User will be temporarily banned from playing the game online, will have their stats reset, will have online split-screen privileges revoked, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.
Offensive Behavior – Any user who is found to use aggressive, offensive, derogatory or racially charged language is subject to penalty.
First Offense: User will be temporarily banned from playing the game online.
Multiple Offenses: User will be temporarily banned from playing the game online, will have their stats reset, will have online split-screen privileges revoked, and will be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.
How do you feel about this new code of conduct that Infinity Ward has established?
Do you think that it will help stop pirating, glitching, boosting, etc? Leave a comment below describing how you feel about the new rules!
