Flashing xbox's

My mates just had his xbox flashed and i keep telling him its just gunna f*ck his xbox up and MS will find out and ban him. #
Am i right to fink this does anyone no any1 whos had it done?

Well it shouldn't mess his Xbox up but he could well end up getting banned, also if he gets a fault then he may have issues getting it repaired/replaced....but you weigh that all up against cheaper games I guess.

how will MS find out is it possible and what will happen just get banned of xbl??

Don't know if they can detect a modded console itself but if you have dodgy games they can pick up on it. You can get the console banned and possibly the gamertag (which I believe loses all your MS Points, DLC and XBLA games)...but the gamertag ban may only be for playing games early.

they only ban people playing eary cos its easy to spot, or their activly looking for it

I have never actually heard of them banning a gamertag except for abuse issues over live. They can and will ban a console though. You can still play games but you can no longer access any live content.

Gamertag bans happened a few weeks back after people were playing Forza 3 early, but you're right its always been a console ban apart from that.

Playing ODST early also got gamertags banned, people will also get GT bans for playing the leaked MW2 too.

I was under the assumption they banned the console from connecting to Xbox Live, a friend of mine had this done to him by Microsoft for playing "dodgy" games. Whether they detected because of the games or because it was flashed I don't know. Personally I wouldn't say it's worth the hassle, in the end you just play crap games because they are free and miss out the good times you could have on the great games.

Flashing is bad.....can lead to a criminal record, fines or at worst a sentence. But if you must do it - then avoid kids

I wunt bother mi sen earning enough money to buy any games i want anyway gunna get forza soon cnt wait any1 played it?

Originally Posted by Tinker I wunt bother mi sen earning enough money to buy any games i want anyway

Aren't we all I just happen to want all the old games, that's all.

Originally Posted by HotFish Flashing is bad.....can lead to a criminal record, fines or at worst a sentence. But if you must do it - then avoid kids

Too True