Yes, some of us have our grubby little paws on this hot item early thanks to the awesomeness of varied retailers and their excessive need to break street date to get a leg up on their competition...But if you haven't gotten yours yet (or) are still scouring your city for stores releasing them early, be warned - You could get your account zapped.

Two tweets sparked some issues where the first one stating to "...have fun" if you got your copy early (legit copies obviously) and then a followup tweet a day later stating, "...dblchk'd with Activision. Mw3 pre-release play not authorized" - So yeah, good job there confusing your audience...also, why the hell would any XBOX Live Accounts be zapped if you are paying for your game? It's not the consumers fault, who is salivating over this great title and wants to buy it right away.  Why would the end user get punished and not the retailers, that for the most part, never maintain a street date...

This is one of the reasons I get irritated with Microsoft, I love their products, but their way to deal with the public is kind of idiotic. Let's totally go after the people paying for our (Microsofts/Activisions) product, because thats the easiest way to punish the evil tiny 1% of the MW3 buyers who got their copies early...damn them! (Ok, i'm ranting...)

So if you got it early, don't play it, don't even pop it in...just wait until 12:01AM November 8th, 2011 to play your game. If you already have a copy and somehow got in under the radar, be careful you don't end up getting zapped...it might save you time and effort fighting (the man) as it were.