People are getting hit with 5000-day bands in Modern Warfare 3, and the people behind the game say it’s intentional.
“Yes. If you see this message, it means you’ve been Permabanned (for something bad),” Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling Tweeted today in response to online news site MP1st wondering about the image atop this story.
We don’t know what infractions earn this kind of penalty, but they are probably very bad ones. But one man’s “permaban” is another’s 13-year wait.
If you receive a 5000-day ban today, don’t worry. You’ll be able to play Modern Warfare 3 again on August 21, 2025.
Player Banned for 5000 Days from Modern Warfare 3 [MP1st, via Twitter]
Neo-Kaiser
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:33 AMThen they’ll be forced to play other games and realise there are much better games out there to occupy their time.
…or just create a new account.
Excelsior
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:37 AMIt might seem unfathomable to you but some people actually enjoy playing Call of Duty
lambomann007
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:40 AMBlind. Mown.
dacid
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:43 AMYes, but those people aren’t worth very much as human beings.
Excelsior
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:51 AMlol oh snap.
Johnny Sweetbread
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:02 AMYes… enjoyment for those with sub 50 IQs. I bet most COD players sit there mesmerised by all the Michael Bay explosions feeling like an absolute hero only to bar up when they hear “Harrier Strike Available!”.
At least Gears of War players freely admit they like tight buns and sweaty muscles.
Di11enger
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:41 AMyep tell that to SAS and Australian Army members who play COD for Fun. It’s not like they have to do exam’s to get in or anything they are just muscular idiots. Or how about to the physics and engineering majors who are at university that I play CoD with once a week. I’m sure they would love to hear home much smarter you are compared to them because you don’t play Call of Duty.
Di11enger
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:43 AMevidently I am not a physics or engineering major. lol
Ozzi Soljer
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:00 PMLOL, implying that Australian soldiers are smart…
Matthew K
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:33 PMA modern soldier is an expert in a large number of skills, must be psychologically stable and not only capable of properly following orders but show adaptability and be quick to respond to changes in a variety of environments, often with unknwon variables.
Entrance requirements are more stringent than ever. Soldiers are intelligent or they would not be successful soldiers. To assert otherwise is ignorance.
I assume anyone who has not been a soldier is not good enough to be a soldier, including myself. Prove otherwise, and then you are entitled to a contrary opinion. Until then, you shut your facehole and pay respect to men and women who perform a job you aren’t up to.
Ryan
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:45 PMI live on an army base, serve army men and know a lot of them.
They’re not that smart, trust me.
Luis
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 5:19 PMThey are men serving our nation, I think we should respect the armed forces.
Reader
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 8:31 PMHave you SEEN Generation Kill.
There are dumber then rocks
whatever3003
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 12:47 PMmandatory respect and blind obedience go hand in hand. fuck off back to nazi germany.
Di11enger
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:36 PMWell If you have below a Below 50 IQ, you are actually classed as disabled/mentally retarded.
Toasty Fresh
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:22 PMThe difference is that most people in the military just want to get right into the action, rather than spend ages debating over which game is better. For us people who act as if games are essentially life support, we don’t treat any games like that.
Di11enger
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:41 PMSure I agree that we as a general consensus basically treat games like life support but to say that people in the army would not do the same thing is a bit off I believe, while it may be true for a large number of our gaming armed forces the group that I have associated with share a similar sentiment to the majority of Kotaku in the way they think about and play video games.
Nomea
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:01 AMAnd ruin those for everyone else.
Neo-Kaiser
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:49 PMlol right didn’t think of that. It’s bad enough that any online game of Assassin’s Creed is ruined by CoD players running about on the rooftops. Although it’s so satisfying to beat their 20 kill streak with only 7 and have them rage and scream over not knowing how they lost.
MrXion
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:45 AMIsn’t ’5000 Bands’ the new supergroup formed by the guy from ’10000 Maniacs’?
lambomann007
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:47 AMSpelling? Where we’re going, we don’t need spelling!
AT-J
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:55 AMClassic!
Morkai
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 4:09 PMwait! we can’t stop here, this is COD country!
EmbraceThePing
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:53 AMFive thousands days isn’t so bad. At least it’s not over NINE THOUSAND!
…. it’s also better than an arrow in the knee.
Herp-a-Derp
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:57 AMVegeta, what does Xbox live say about the ban duration?
its over nINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!
Raditz
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:17 AMMy power level used to be over nine thousand, but then I took and arrow in the knee.
JD
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 4:30 PM…And Raditz totally rescues the chain. I tip my hat to you
Bigfoot
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:11 AMThey could just wait til the next latest-and-greatest, bestselling, groundbreaking, revolutionary Call of Duty game comes out in 12 months or so.
James Mac
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:12 AMJesus, by the time their bans expire… they’ll be old enough to play it.
Rize
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:12 AMSo, 13 and a half years is permanent?
Headline in tomorrow’s paper:
ACTIVISION PREDICTS END OF WORLD.
Trex
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:20 AMI bet in 5000 days MW3 still costs $90 on PC, same as MW2.
PlimpyD
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 1:23 PMhttps://www.ebgames.com.au/pc-146754-Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2-PC
Supreme
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:29 AMThis is what you get for bringing a crossbow to Call Of Duty…..
WORTH IT!
FatShady
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:39 AMHey, Can I just say to all the COD haters out there, when you play with a couple of mates, it can be enjoyable. I have never played COD style FPS games before, never actually even seen or played BLOPS or MW2… but MW3 has been real fun.
I am also playing everything from Forza to Skyrim, to saits row to gears to deus ex to batman… so don’t lump me in with these FPS fanboys who dont play other games… but also don’t simply generalise that FPS players are ‘non gamers’… or whatever.
I am a gamer and as a result, I enjoy gaming… in its many different forms and I am damn proud of that.
Don’t hate!
RB
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:49 AMYou should give Battlefield 3 a go then… You’ll probably like it more than MW3 :)
Chemenski
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 2:51 PM+1
Awnshegh
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:50 AMGet those same friends together and play a few rounds of Conquest on Battlefield 3. It’s a considerable step up in fun and the teamwork required. I have both, played both and BF3 really is light years ahead.
Just don’t feel bad when you get absolutely slaughtered the first time you play Metro.
HunterSBonobo
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:57 AMPrior to Metro, I wasn’t aware that an auto shotgun was a necessary accessory for Parisian commuting.
Splicer
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:15 PMWell said dude
Neo-Kaiser
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:51 PMI don’t hate CoD, I hate how poisonous it’s been to gamers and gaming in general.
WHO
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 1:37 PMactually, when you’ve never played cod it is quite a bit of fun, but after a while it gets really boring and annoying
Azza
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:18 PMNot really into COD, but I hope that if these bans are given out, it’s only for things like hacking or something equally malicious.
alex
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:25 PMwho cares if 12 year old get banned when they can play again they be the legel age .
Ned
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:34 PMThis is one of the reasons I hate COD
Mathew
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 1:02 PMI love how everyone that hates CoD sounds like such a hipster oxygen waster.
I’m prefer BF but I don’t sound like an interweb aaR-tard with my preference
Neo-Kaiser
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 1:16 PMIf we were Hipsters we would be saying CoD hasn’t been good since Medal of Honour.
MigratoryToast
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 4:53 PMmedal of honour hasn’t been good since I had to double snipe the enemy to take em out
PlimpyD
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 1:26 PMPeople reading COD related articles purely to whinge about people that enjoy it are sad. If you despise it so much stop reading articles about it.
bjg
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 1:55 PMPROF that cod sucks and gay and hahahaha trolol
SPARTANSCORPION1
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 3:37 PMDEAR IDIOT PLAYER ……YEAAAAAAA YOU HAVE BANNED FROM PSN IN MW3 PS3 THATS BECAUSE YOU HACK THE GAMES ASSSSSHHHHOOOLLL …. I MAKE ALL HAPPY CRAPPY SSHHIITT YOU FILLING THAT
JD
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 4:35 PMI long for the days when fpss were about running and gunning, circle strafing and pulling off unreal rocket launcher shots and dodging the other guys rockets. All this hiding behind cover, then sprinting to the next bit of cover just to get pwned by some sniper you never saw makes me yawn.
I guess I should be playing TF2, but still with the snipers… much fun being the sniper. Zero fun being hit by snipers.
Braaains
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 5:10 PMAh, but there is much satisfaction to be had in working your way around behind a sniper and stabbing him in the back (teabagging.optional).
explosionshurt
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 5:17 PMInteresting interpretation of a permaban. Why wouldn’t they just say “You have been permabanned” or something more direct than this?
[Razor]
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 6:59 PMBut it’s not permanent, it’s just 13 years. And a bit.
Frank
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 5:38 PMxbl bans were for autofire controllers and lag switches, they still dont care about lag compensation abuse (which is cake to doon all 3 platforms) or getting under the map MOAB farming
burnflesh
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 7:24 PMI love when cheaters get a slap in the face, don’t play MW but good work! BF3 ftw, BF2BC2 ftgdw
picky
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 9:26 PMwtf does ‘snap’ mean?
Richard
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 9:43 PMI use to be a MW3 player.. till I took an arrow to the knee
mcgarnigal clone
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 10:06 PMplease stop
Kreedz86
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 12:43 AM2025? Isnt that when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare XVI is being released?
It might look as good as Battlefield 3 by then…