Bungie Confirms That Cheaters in Marathon Will be “Permabanned” When Caught, “No Second Chances”

David Carcasole / wccftech - Bungie's upcoming first-person PvEvP extraction shooter, Marathon, will be out on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S in a little more than a week from the time of this writing, and as you might expect, there has been a lot of communication and marketing from th…

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Marathon Cheaters Will Get Permabanned On First Offense

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Bungie says 'no second chances' if you're caught cheating in Marathon

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Linus Torvalds: Someone ‘more competent who isn't afraid of numbers past the teens’ will take over Linux one day

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Emperor Penguin releases kernel 7.0 rc1 with some numerological musings Linus Torvalds has pondered his professional mortality in a self-deprecating post to mark the release of the first release candidate for version 7.0 of the Linux kernel.…

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Linus Torvalds: Someone ‘more competent who isn't afraid of numbers past the teens’ will take over Linux one day

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Linus Torvalds: Someone ‘more competent who isn't afraid of numbers past the teens’ will take over Linux one day

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