When playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 online, either in multiplayer or Spec Ops mode, we encourage you to play fair, have fun, and be respectful of other online players.
To assist us in keeping the online components of Modern Warfare 3 fair, fun, and safe for all players; we regularly monitor stats, review player reports, and take action on player behavior that violates the spirit of the game.
Below are just a few examples of what type of behavior could lead to your account being banned from playing, stats reset, wiped or prevented from appearing on the leaderboards, or restricted in other ways from participating in the online components of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. In addition, it is at our discretion to increase, decrease, or alter the punishments on an individual basis as we see fit.
Next to each offense type you will notice a ban code in parenthesis. This code will appear as an in-game notice when a ban has been issued.
We encourage you to report any of the wrongdoings (below) through the following:
- in-game report system
- report@infinityward.com
Boosting (1000) - 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. Example: Sitrep Pro boosting.
Offense
| Consequence
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|---|
| 1st | With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. |
| 2nd | With proper verification, user is banned for 7 days with a stats reset. |
| 3rd | With proper verification, user is banned for 5000 days with a stats reset. |
Cheating (1001) - 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. Example: Spawn Trapping (In depth description on Reddit)
Offense
| Consequence
|
|---|
| 1st | With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. |
| 2nd | With proper verification, user is banned for 7 days with a stats reset. |
| 3rd | With proper verification, user is banned for 5000 days with a stats reset.. |
Glitching (1002) - 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, clan tag glitching, and participating in modded lobbies.
Offense
| Consequence
|
|---|
| 1st | With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. |
| 2nd | With proper verification, user is banned for 7 days with a stats reset. |
| 3rd | With proper verification, user is banned for 5000 days with a stats reset.. |
Hacking (1003) - 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.
Offense
| Consequence
|
|---|
| 1st | With proper verification, user is console banned as well as banned from MW3 for 5000 days with a stats reset . |
Offensive Behavior (1004) - Any player demonstrating in-game verbal abuse, harassing, or other related behavior deemed as universally unacceptable to other players.
Offense
| Consequence
|
|---|
| 1st | With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours |
If you have any questions about these policies, contact us via our forum or twitter handles or email the online-services team:
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