Treyarch is committed to providing all gamers with the best online experience possible, and that means maintaining the game’s integrity. We have a zero tolerance policy against exploitation, and this is to protect the many gamers who go online to compete and have legitimate fun. Below is a brief outline of our security and enforcement policy which will remain posted and will get updated here.
The team at Treyarch has worked very hard to create a fun, competitive online environment, and we want to keep this environment clean so that the game can be played as it was intended. Users who abuse the game through modding, boosting, glitching or making offensive emblems degrade the online experience for others, and we will take action to prevent this from happening.
ModdingUsers who have modified their hardware and have run hacked script or code. This includes modifying profile data to use illegal characters in a player’s name.
- Instant permanent ban: You will no longer be allowed to play the game online. Console users who modify their hardware or profile data will also be reported to the console manufacturers.
BoostingUsers who organize to exploit the game for the explicit purpose of ranking up very quickly or to appear in a high position on the leaderboards.
- Minor offense: Temporary ban, complete stats reset, leaderboard entries removed once
- Major offense: Temporary ban, complete stats reset, permanent ban from appearing on the leaderboards
- Extreme or repeat offenses: Permanent ban from playing the game online
GlitchingUsers who go out of their way to exploit the game to grief other players. An example would be going outside of the map’s clearly defined playable boundary.
- Minor offense: Temporary ban from playing the game online
- Major offense: Extended Temporary ban from playing the game online
- Extreme or repeat offenses: Permanent ban from playing the game online
Unsupported Peripheral DevicesUsers who utilize a hardware device / peripheral that is not officially licensed or otherwise supported by console manufacturers which gives a player an unfair advantage over opponents. This includes, but is not limited to, modded controllers.
- Minor offense: Temporary ban from playing the game online
- Major offense: Extended temporary ban from playing the game online, complete stats reset
- Extreme or repeat offenses: Permanent ban from playing the game online
Offensive EmblemsUsers who create emblems that are sexually gratuitous or racially offensive.
- Minor offense: Two week ban from using the emblem editor, emblem reset to default, emblem purchases wiped
- Major offense: Permanent ban from using the emblem editor
PiratingAny user who illegally acquires Call of Duty: Black Ops content will receive an instant permaban from playing the game online and will be reported to the console manufacturers.