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How to Spot and Report Boosters on Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2

Boosters, or hackers, in the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2" are players who hack Xbox Live and alter the game to their advantage. This can be annoying and unfair for those who are playing by the rules. A common form of noosting is when two players join a live game online, generally in the "Free For All" game mode, and kill each other for high kill/death ratios. Another form of hacking is known as "wall glitching" when players hack the game so that they can shoot and kill through walls. Increased weapons' firing rate is also a form of boosting, and is frowned upon in the gaming community. Reporting gamers that hack or boost to Microsoft will remove the gamer from Xbox Live, as tampering with game play is against the Microsoft Xbox Live agreement.

Things You'll Need

Xbox 360 console
Xbox live Gold membership
Xbox 36 controller
Xbox headset
Xbox game: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

Instructions

Identifying a Booster
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  While participating in an Xbox live game, if you come across two players hiding in a corner of the map acquiring kills off of each other, they are most likely "nuke boosting." Nuke boosters can win the match unfairly by killing their accomplice player 25 times, thus killing the rest of the players with the "Nuke" kill streak (25 consecutive kills). "Nuke boosting" is mostly performed in the "Free-for-All" game mode, or the "Team Deathmatch" game mode.
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  Once a hacker induces a "wall glitching" virus, he is capable of seeing through walls in-game. Spotting these players is a little bit difficult, but it's possible. When you are killed in a "Free for All" match, watch the kill-cam after dying. Wall glitchers can be recognized by their kill-cams; if all the kill-cam shows is the player randomly pointing at a wall and shooting, they have infected themselves with the "wall glitch virus."
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  Sped-up games are the easiest to identify, but are difficult to trace to a specific hacker. Once you have entered a game that is sped-up, it is very noticeable, since everyone is moving over twice the speed they normally should.
Reporting a Booster
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  Press the Xbox button located in the middle of the Xbox controller. Use the left joystick to navigate, highlight the "Friends" section, and press the "A" button. Navigate to the right, until you reach the last tab that is labeled "Players."
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  Navigate down until you highlight the booster's screen name. Press the "A" button.
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  Navigate down toward the bottom of the list until you highlight the "File Complaint" button, and press the "A" button. Confirm that you're filing a complaint by reselecting "File Complaint" on the next screen.
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  From here on, follow the directions to file a complaint. Complaints are categorized in many sections. Choose the categories that explain the game alterations/errors best.
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  Confirm the complaint by pressing "File complaint" once more. Xbox will notify you that you have successfully filed a complaint.

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