Call of Duty Senior Community Manager Tina Palacios and the game’s online enforcers have reminded players that any cheating, glitching, boosting, hacking, offensive behaviour or the use of an offensive gamertag are all grounds for punishment in the game.

What kind of punishment? Harsh stuff.

On a first offence, a majority of the prohibited actions will earn you a 48 hour ban from the game as well as a reset of your online stats. Say goodbye to all of those lovely Prestiges.

As the number of offences go up, the more severe the punishment going all the way up to a console ban, but if you’re caught hacking the game, even once, you’ll suffer the same fate (i.e. a console ban).

Here’s a list of illegal activities in Call of Duty – check out the post on CallOfDuty.com to see the consequences.

Boosting

Any player demonstrating ‘game abuse’ in the form of organizing cooperative or single game play for the purpose of gaining experience, prestige, score, weapon levels, icons, titles or other related in-game unlocks.

Cheating

Any player demonstrating ‘game abuse’ in the form of unknown boosting, glitching, hacking or other related offenses for the purpose of gaining experience, prestige, score, weapon levels, icons, titles or other related in-game unlocks.

Glitching

Any player demonstrating ‘game abuse’ in the form of organizing cooperative or single game play for the purpose of gaining experience, prestige, score, weapon levels, icons, titles or other related in-game unlocks. Examples: Exploiting map holes, the javelin glitch, and participating in modded lobbies.

Hacking

Any player demonstrating ‘game abuse’ in the form of modifying the executable or creating infected lobbies with or without the purpose of gaining experience, prestige, score, weapon levels, icons, titles or other related in-game unlocks.

Offensive Behavior

Any player demonstrating in-game verbal abuse, harassing, or other related behavior deemed as universally unacceptable to other players.

Offensive Gamertag

Any player demonstrating an offensive in-game gamer tag, to be decided as universally unacceptable to other players.

Have you ever been caught cheating in Call of Duty, and suffered the consequences?

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