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As with every Call of Duty title, Modern Warfare 3 is plagued with people abusing the game 1 way or the other. We've heard and read about people receiving a ban, but we didn't see actual guidelines on how to get yourself a ban.Robert Bowling recently wrote about the ways you could get yourself banned from Modern Warfare 3. There are 6 actual ways to get yourself a ban. These 6 ways are:1.)Cheating2.)Boosting3.)Hacking4.)Glitching5.)Offensive Behavior6.)Offensive GamertagCheatingAny 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. First Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. Second Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. Third Offense: With proper verification, user is permanently banned.BoostingAny 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. First Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. Second Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. Third Offense: With proper verification, user is permanently banned.HackingAny 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. First Offense: With proper verification, user is console banned.GlitchingAny 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 First Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. Second Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. Third Offense: With proper verification, user is permanently banned.Within the glitching offense falls the "Prestige Token" glitch. People who have abused the glitch will receive a 2 day ban and their stats will be reset. The image below is proof of thatOffensive BehaviorAny player demonstrating in-game verbal abuse, harassing, or other related behavior deemed as universally unacceptable to other players. First Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 24 hoursOffensive GamertagAny player demonstrating an offensive in-game gamer tag, to be decided as universally unacceptable to other players. First Offense: With proper verification, user is reputation banned 5000. A reputation ban that exceeds a certain threshold can lead to bans from playing.