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''Halo 3'''s September Title Update introduced the "Ultra Ban",<ref>{{Cite BWU|15475|09/12/2008}}<div style="margin-left:2em">"''Last week, we mentioned some of the “Peace of Mind” changes that were coming to TU2, one of them being a new type of ban.''"</div></ref> which was applied retroactively to those who had committed severe rule violations in the past;<ref>{{Cite BWU|15475|09/12/2008}}<div style="margin-left:2em">"''For special folks ''[...]'' we’ll be retroactively applying this ban to their accounts.''"</div></ref> the ban is documented in more detail in its section below. Various other anti-cheat systems were also introduced, though they were not elaborated on;<ref name="bwu-15545">{{Cite BWU|15545|09/23/2008}}</ref> an additional weekly update identified the system as "Banhammer 2.0".<ref name="bwu-15595">{{Cite BWU|15595|09/26/2008}}</ref>

The Banhammer is capable of administering bans automatically<ref name="bwu-15595"/><ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=26126383&postRepeater1-p=2#26129780 '''Bungie.net: Halo 3 Forum:''' Ultra Ban Help]<div style="margin-left:2em">"''Bungie specific bans are not based on feedback from users. They are based on automatically collected data.''" ~ [[W:c:Bungie:Tom Gioconda (Achronos)|Tom Gioconda]]</div></ref> and it keeps extensive records both when a ban is administered<ref>{{Cite BWU|15475|09/12/2008}}<div style="margin-left:2em">"''You see, dear reader, whenever the Banhammer strikes, records are kept and those records are sortable, viewable and actionable en masse. M-Dub and the Wolf take great pride in the numerical sorting of massive amounts of data while Shishka languishes softly on a waterbed of e-tears.''"</div></ref> ''and'' during the course of normal gameplay; records taken in the latter instance can then be analyzed to detect cheat-related behaviors.<ref>{{Cite BWU|15659|10/03/2008}}</ref> It is also known that Bungie employees can manually strike with the Banhammer.<ref>{{Cite_BWU|15595|09-26-2008}}<div style="margin-left:2em">" [...] ''And yes, I did send the proper form to Banhammer afterward.''"</div></ref>

The so-called "Ultra Ban" was introduced in ''[[Halo 3]]'''s second Title Update. The ban prevents players from playing ''any'' form of online [[Multiplayer]], including Matchmaking and even [[Custom Game]]s; it also prevents players from organizing parties in the [[Theater]] lobby.

EXP [[boosting]], skill boosting, level reducing, habitual quitting, cheating, and standbying are all easily detected by the Banhammer and usually result in either Matchmaking or EXP bans.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?link=H3Bans '''Bungie.net: Banhammer Details:''' 12/18/2007 10:24 AM PST]</ref> [[Achievement]] boosting is not a formal offense,<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=26461843&postRepeater1-p=1#26463228 '''Bungie.net: The News:''' TU2 FAQ]<div style="margin-left:2em">"''Yeah, "achievement boosting" is kind of lame but honestly it's not really something we can/will punish people for.''" ~ [[Brian Jarrard]]</div></ref> but the Banhammer often mistakes it for EXP boosting and bans it as such.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=27388615&postRepeater1-p=2#27391466 '''Bungie.net: Halo 3 Forum:''' Should Bungie provide us with a terms of use?]<div style="margin-left:2em">"''Achievement boosting often looks like EXP boosting to the banhammer - so if you achievement boost, you're likely going to get punishments for EXP boosting.''" ~ [[W:c:Bungie:Tom Gioconda (Achronos)|Tom Gioconda]]</div></ref> Attempts at EXP boosting by playing with inactive guests (that is, additional controllers without additional people) can also be recognized by the Banhammer and will result in EXP bans.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=29532590&postRepeater1-p=3#29534014 '''Bungie.net: Halo 3 Forum:''' Wow no reason banning]<div style="margin-left:2em">"''We can tell when you're playing with a party, and we can tell when no input is being given via the controller. ''[...]'' the unused controllers method of social boosting is the most common and most EXP bans result from that behavior. ''[...]'' playing with "bad" players won't get you banned, unless they are so bad they are unable to figure out how to pick up the controller.''" ~ [[Chad Armstrong|Shishka]]</div></ref>

Authors of [[Modding|modded]] content will receive permanent Matchmaking and File Share bans as well as one-month console bans if the content is uploaded to a File Share.<ref name="bwu-14994"/> Note that this applies even if the content is uploaded by someone other than the author; also note that when a player renames a file, they become its new author.<ref name="bwu-14994"/> Uploading modded content to a File Share will result in a File Share ban, even if the uploader did not create the content.

The above policies were enacted during July of 2009.<ref name="bwu-14568">{{Cite BWU|14568|07/03/2008}}</ref>

Uploading offensive content to a File Share can result in a File Share ban. This includes, but is not limited to, racist and pornographic content.<ref name="bwu-14994"/>

Contrary to popular belief, uploading screenshots and film clips of modded content will ''not'' result in a ban, provided that the screenshots and films themselves aren't modded.<ref name="bwu-14994"/> As of August 1, 2008, there are no rules against downloading modded content to one's Xbox 360.<ref name="bwu-14994"/>

[[File:Suspended.jpg|thumb|right|100px|The consequence of downloading Halo 3: Epsilon]]

*If enough bans or complaints are given to a player, he/she could possibly be kicked off of Xbox Live completely.

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