Cheating
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Cheating is when a player exploits a game using various methods, thus giving them an unfair advantage over other players. There are many methods of cheating that players use, including Modding, Bridging, Dummying, Standbying, Super Bouncing, and Button Combos. Any use of these cheating methods can get a player banned from Xbox Live entirely.
Cheating has been a common problem in the Halo community; it began almost immediately after the release of Halo PC, and continued in Halo 2 and Halo 3. Users exploited bugs within the game or network to win ranked games, thus increasing their Matchmaking rank. Though Bungie has released anti-cheat patches and protections for both Halo 2 and Halo 3, cheating is still common in Halo 2.
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Not Cheating
These techniques are not cheating, though they are widely considered underhanded and unfair. These methods will not result in a ban, but they are likely to annoy other players.
Suicide Insurance
Suicide insurance is considered poor sportsmanship by the majority of players. During a slayer game, when one team takes the lead, one or more players on that team will commit suicide, reducing the teams' score and ensuring the victory of the opposing team. This is commonly used when EXP Boosting or when cooperating with the enemy team.
Hiding
This technique is when in a Slayer match (often Team Doubles) when a team gains the lead they will find hiding spots in the map and sit there for the remainder of the game. This insures their victory because the losing team often cannot find them to kill them. In this situation players will simply mill about until the game ends on time. There is however a fine line between hiding and exploiting at times because of the many exploits that exist that allow players to access previously unreachable sections of the map. If in fact hiding players use an exploit such as a super bounce, then this will be considered cheating although a ban is unlikely.
