Xbox Live mods getting serious about MW2 glitch

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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.

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We reported yesterday that Infinity Ward is working on a fix for the "Javelin" glitch in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. As a preventive measure, Xbox Live policy director Stephen Toulouse promised that the ban hammer would come down on those found to be cheating, but apparently Sony isn't apt to follow in those footsteps. CVG reports that a Sony representative stated, "I don't believe we are banning people for using the glitch." So unless we hear otherwise, the PlayStation 3 seems to be safer for dirty cheaters to get their kicks.
It makes a certain amount of sense; PlayStation Network accounts are free, so a ban would be easily and almost instantly overridden by simply making another account. Trying to catch cheaters who then become repeat offenders with multiple accounts probably isn't something Sony is eager to do, especially since Infinity Ward is working on a fix that will remedy the problem anyway. For now, if you happen to be playing Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3, you may have to just put up with the occasional javelin attack.