While it might seem like a joke at first glance, apparently Epic Games is so pissed off at those who have shared information about Gears of War 3 online that it plans to ban those people in the future. Earlier this month Epic said it was keeping track of those who shared videos of Gears of War 3 and promised repercussions. We assume they mean that when these folks try to play online Epic will remember them and not allow them to play. How they could possibly facilitate such an action is beyond understanding.

“We’re extremely diligent about getting that stuff taken down and issued a call to fans to not perpetuate it… and just keeping track of those who do,” executive producer Rod Fergusson told Edge. “I don’t think everybody’s aware of the potential repercussions of those types of actions.”

Speaking separately to Eurogamer on the issue, Fergusson further explained what “potential repercussions” really means.

“We have a banning system built into our stuff so we can go in and identify certain people,” he said. “Some people aren’t smart about what they do. They’ll be disappointed on 20th September when they can’t get in and can’t play. They may be banned.”

Fergusson added that those individuals who shared campaign spoiler videos were “going against everything we’re trying to accomplish.”

“We had one of my video chats and somebody went into the chat room and tried to yell all caps spoilers throughout the chat room to try to ruin the experience for the thousand people who were watching me. It’s that kind of stuff that just drives me crazy. If you don’t value this community, you don’t value this experience, then we don’t value you. I’d rather pick that one bad apple out of the pool so everybody else can have a better time.”

Source: Eurogamer. Thanks to Bill from No High Scores