Uh, Searchy, read the whole thread very carefully.
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Uh, Searchy, read the whole thread very carefully.
Okay look, this has what got me confused:
It says one year, okay, that's fine... now what does the following mean to you?Quote:
Originally posted by goatse.cx
With the Beta Starter Pack, you get one year of Xbox Live's intense gaming service, Communicator headset and module, setup DVD, handy reference guide, Beta game(s), including the prerelease, online-only version of NFL™ Fever 2003, and more.
Doesn't this second statement say you play for free UNTIL the official launch?Quote:
To say thanks for playing and participating in the Beta, we're throwing in some additional high-speed game play, on us. So you'll play for nothing until the scheduled official launch in November 2002.
you play for free until november, meaning they don't start counting the year you paid for up front until that time. You end up with about 17 months for the price of 12
Cool thanks, now I understand... it would've been nice if they stated it in plain english like you did.Quote:
Originally posted by stormy
you play for free until november, meaning they don't start counting the year you paid for up front until that time. You end up with about 17 months for the price of 12
That reminds me of a joke:Quote:
Cool thanks, now I understand... it would've been nice if they stated it in plain english like you did.
There was a pilot flying a small single engine charter plane, with a couple of very important executives on board. He was coming into Seattle airport through thick fog with less than 10m visibility when his instruments went out. So he began circling around looking for landmark. After an hour or so, he starts running pretty low on fuel and the passengers are getting very nervous.
Finally, a small opening in the fog appears and he sees a tall building with one guy working alone on the fifth floor. The pilot banks the plane around, rolls down the window and shouts to the guy "Hey! Where am I?" To this, the solitary office worker replies "You're in a plane."
The pilot rolls up the window, executes a 275 degree turn and proceeds to execute a perfect blind landing on the runway of the airport 5 miles away. Just as the plane stops, so does the engine as the fuel has run out.
The passengers are amazed and one asks how he did it. "Simple" replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in that building a simple question. The answer he gave me was 100 percent correct but absolutely useless, therefore that must be Microsoft's support office and from there the airport is just a while away."
:)
Here's to hoping they include something other than a sports game as a test for the service (say, Re-volt, or an online Halo?). Less than two weeks until we find out who's in...
Btw, has there been any news on the Linksys wireless ethernet adapter for the Xbox? And does anyone know if XBLive allows you to play from behind a router/firewall?
I love Microsoft, but that was a great joke! :D
they better. my dsl connection is currently split between to winxp pc's and my xbox on GS tunnel (soon to add the ps2) all on a 4 port router.Quote:
Originally posted by Wolffen And does anyone know if XBLive allows you to play from behind a router/firewall?
Wolffen, I heard that joke before, but I never dealt with MS customer service or anything like that before. Now I believe it's true...
Here's another question:
I seem to remember that XB's internet service would use .NET Passport for user accounts. Does anyone know if this is true? I get the gitchy feeling whenever I think about giving MS my credit card # for this thing. Especially after the kick in the nutsack they gave the I.T. community with that damned "Software Assurance" crap. I'm seriously thinking about migrating my organization to Linux, or at the very least, OpenOffice....
SMX, I\'m an I.T. Director, so I deal with them and their products all the time in one form or another. Calling Microsoft is a last resort around here. :) That joke is a little unfair, as they do have knowledgeable people in support, but it can be like pulling teeth to get them to give you useful information sometimes.
I don't know about Passport on XBOX, they did say that you would have one user name for all of the games... I suppose they mean thier games but I am not sure.
Great joke there Wolffen :)