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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.

We encourage you to report any of the wrongdoings (below) through the following:
- in-game report system
- @IWenforcers on twitter


Boosting - 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.


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 permanently banned.


Cheating - 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.


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 permanently banned.


Glitching - 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, the javelin glitch, 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 permanently banned.


Hacking - 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.


Offensive Behavior - 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 24 hours


Offensive Gamertag - Any player demonstrating an offensive in-game gamer tag, to be decided as universally unacceptable to other players.


Offense
Consequence
1st With proper verification, user is reputation banned 5000. A reputation ban that exceeds a certain threshold can lead to bans from playing.