The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest - Page 80

hail2dking · 11-02-09, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by hail2dking

I did..

"You will be informed as to whether you have been accepted into the program on or before November 6, 2009."

Got my "Congratulations! Xbox LIVE Rewards Start Here!" email this evening.

Looks like the "rewards" are 100 MP for each survey. Everytime I purchase something on Live I'll get a survey email to fill out. By staying a gold member throughout this promotion (6 months) I can earn up to 5% (1% after 1 month, etc) off of Live purchases.

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PURCHASE CAN INCLUDE ANY SELECTION OF PAID CONTENT INCLUDING MOVIES, TV SHOWS, GAME ADD-ONS, ARCADE GAMES, GAMES ON DEMAND TITLES, THEMES, AND AVATARS

If this works per song on RB, it should work out alright.

pinata242 · 11-03-09, 12:07 AM

WOW! That's awesome. If it works on RB songs, you should try it on < 100 point Avatar items too

SoonerDoc · 11-03-09, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonF

Miami
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Florida State
Boston College

Is it the strongest football conference? Probably not. Big Ten, Pac Ten, and SEC are arguably stronger. Maybe Big 12 (although I'm sure somebody called "SoonerDoc" will say definitely Big 12

). But to say that the ACC is a basketball-only conference is laughable.

I can admit besides Texas, the Big 12 is definitely down this year. But how in the world are you gonna tell me Clemson, FSU and Boston College? Clemson is your #3? ACC hasn't come close to placing a team in the Championship game since...Miami in '02? Was Miami even part of the ACC in '02?

Decker are you getting excited about JasonF's favorite sport, college hoops? Your gridiron hawks are going in the tank...in a hurrry.

Anyway don't mean to derail thread....(even though I did).

Hey

Decker · 11-03-09, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SoonerDoc

I can admit besides Texas, the Big 12 is definitely down this year. But how in the
Decker are you getting excited about JasonF's favorite sport, college hoops? Your gridiron hawks are going in the tank...in a hurrry.

[derail] For over 15 years, I ignored college football until that miracle 2007 season. It's not hard to go back to those old habits of staring at the calender and waiting for hoops season to start again.

[/derail]

You may now resume your regularly scheduled reporting of RRoDs and complaining about the cost of official external hard drives.

tanman · 11-03-09, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by hail2dking

Got my "Congratulations! Xbox LIVE Rewards Start Here!" email this evening.

Looks like the "rewards" are 100 MP for each survey. Everytime I purchase something on Live I'll get a survey email to fill out. By staying a gold member throughout this promotion (6 months) I can earn up to 5% (1% after 1 month, etc) off of Live purchases.

If this works per song on RB, it should work out alright.

How do you become a member?

JasonF · 11-03-09, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SoonerDoc

I can admit besides Texas, the Big 12 is definitely down this year. But how in the world are you gonna tell me Clemson, FSU and Boston College? Clemson is your #3? ACC hasn't come close to placing a team in the Championship game since...Miami in '02? Was Miami even part of the ACC in '02?

Decker are you getting excited about JasonF's favorite sport, college hoops? Your gridiron hawks are going in the tank...in a hurrry.

Anyway don't mean to derail thread....(even though I did).

Hey

This will be my last post on college sports in this thread, so we can all get back to talking about who has the best deal on points.

Anyway, Clemson was my fourth team (Miami, Virginia Tech, and Georgia Tech were all ahead of it). And why not? It gets votes in the AP poll every week -- I think right now it's ranked 30, which is better than most of the teams in the NCAA.

More to the point, I didn't say the ACC was the best football division. I simply said that the ACC wasn't a basketball-only school. And it's not. Every season, it consistently places 3 or 4 teams in the Top 25. To me, that means it's a solid division.

Miami didn't join the ACC until 2004. And while they haven't been in the championship since they joined the ACC, they are still one of the most consistently solid teams in the NCAA. Not the best, or the second best, but in the top 5% of the NCAA.

fumanstan · 11-03-09, 10:04 AM

Pro Sports > College Sports!

Michael Corvin · 11-03-09, 10:12 AM

Who let Stan out of his padded cell?

Decker · 11-03-09, 10:12 AM

Left 4 Dead 2 Demo now available for Gold members.

Decker · 11-03-09, 10:44 AM

Wow, Walmart is selling the 360 Arcade unit for $199 with $100 Gift Card starting Saturday 11/7. Anyone who hasn't yet upgraded to the newer chip model should do so NOW!

http://kotaku.com/5395950/xbox-360-w...0-this-weekend

brianluvdvd · 11-03-09, 11:05 AM

Yep, I was just about to post that. Guess I might grab one for the upstairs for Netflix. Same price as the Roku but with better functionality.

Kicker_of_Elves · 11-03-09, 12:23 PM

Nice deal, I think I might get one for my nieces as an X-Mas gift.

Raul3 · 11-03-09, 06:27 PM

I'm planning on getting one for the bedroom.

Can I just move my hard drive from the Elite to the Arcade, back and forth, and be able to play with my gamertag without issue? Or do I still need a memory card. I don't plan to play on both consoles at the same time.

pinata242 · 11-03-09, 06:31 PM

Yeah you can do that, but you need to make sure the one you don't buy all your content on is connected to the internet because you'll have to be signed into XBL to access it.

Raul3 · 11-03-09, 06:42 PM

Yeah, I plan to have both of them connected to the internet. Just recently got a refurbished wireless gaming adapter, so that should be plugged to the Arcade.

Spicollidriver1 · 11-03-09, 08:05 PM

I might have to get one just in case wouldn't want my 315 day streak on voice get ruined

ChrisHicks · 11-04-09, 06:15 AM

Well I have a serious issue I'm guessing. I turned on my 360 and was greeted with "you need an update" to which I clicked OK for. My console locked up right as the update screen popped up. It's been 10min now and it's still frozen on the "do not turn off your console" screen. Now do I just leave it like this forever and let it suck down the electricity or do I reboot it and get what I'm sure will be the red ring? Oh, decisions, decisions...

Of course I think I just bypassed the extended warranty period so is this Microsofts way of getting me to upgrade again?

SteelgearX · 11-04-09, 11:16 AM

Left 4 Dead 2 demo is out in case anybody missed it.

ChrisHicks · 11-04-09, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisHicks

Well I have a serious issue I'm guessing. I turned on my 360 and was greeted with "you need an update" to which I clicked OK for. My console locked up right as the update screen popped up. It's been 10min now and it's still frozen on the "do not turn off your console" screen. Now do I just leave it like this forever and let it suck down the electricity or do I reboot it and get what I'm sure will be the red ring? Oh, decisions, decisions...

Of course I think I just bypassed the extended warranty period so is this Microsofts way of getting me to upgrade again?

I ended up having to pull the plug as it wouldn't power down any other way. It rebooted fine but locked up in the same spot the 2nd time around too. Pulled the plug again and for some reason the 3rd time was the charm. It took the update just fine. Weird I guess.

Decker · 11-04-09, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisHicks

I ended up having to pull the plug as it wouldn't power down any other way. It rebooted fine but locked up in the same spot the 2nd time around too. Pulled the plug again and for some reason the 3rd time was the charm. It took the update just fine. Weird I guess.

If it glitches out again, at least you know where your nearest Wal-Mart is.

Raul3 · 11-04-09, 02:17 PM

At least 10 units per store. Sale starts at 8 am. That's going to be fun.

mugwump · 11-04-09, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Raul3

At least 10 units per store. Sale starts at 8 am. That's going to be fun.

I hope someone posts the ensuing melee on YouTube. It would take a lot more than a $100 GC to get me into one of those WalMart scrums.

Decker · 11-04-09, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mugwump

I hope someone posts the ensuing melee on YouTube. It would take a lot more than a $100 GC to get me into one of those WalMart scrums.

I lined up about an hour in advance a couple of years ago at a WalMart to buy a $99 HD-DVD. It took so long to get to checkout that I had to leave without picking one up. That should have been a good thing but I still ended up buying an HD-DVD drive at Best Buy anyway, so I guess I ended up getting screwed twice. Anyway, these special holiday deals are a total zoo. Price match instead if you can.

Groucho · 11-04-09, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Decker

I lined up about an hour in advance a couple of years ago at a WalMart to buy a $99 HD-DVD.

I remember that deal. There was a huge thread about it in the HD forum. Good times.

Found the thread:

WAL-MART HD-DVD player under 99 bucks!

Some pretty amusing comments about the format, considering what happened shortly thereafter.

Decker · 11-04-09, 06:45 PM

Don't have time to look all the way through it, but as it turned out, I had to leave for work before I got to the front of that horrible line. Who could hook me up? GatorDeb, who was in the line with me (I sometimes run into her at super-sales). She picked up a unit for me and brought it overto my office that afternoon. Really nice of her. Then, of course I broke the opical output while trying to set the unit up, and then returned it back to WallyWorld for a refund.

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ChrisHicks DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,347	Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest Well I have a serious issue I'm guessing. I turned on my 360 and was greeted with "you need an update" to which I clicked OK for. My console locked up right as the update screen popped up. It's been 10min now and it's still frozen on the "do not turn off your console" screen. Now do I just leave it like this forever and let it suck down the electricity or do I reboot it and get what I'm sure will be the red ring? Oh, decisions, decisions... Of course I think I just bypassed the extended warranty period so is this Microsofts way of getting me to upgrade again? __________________ DVD List(outdated) / My Small LD List / Rejects Rest Stop Blu-Ray: PS3(2) HD-DVD: Toshiba HD-XA1(3), HD-XA2(2), HD-A30, HD-A35, Onkyo DV-HD805(2) Wii Friend Code: 1249 6431 9623 9624 / XBL Gamertag: chrishicks / PS3 Gamertag: chrishicks

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Decker DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Vegas, Baby! Posts: 11,813	Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest Don't have time to look all the way through it, but as it turned out, I had to leave for work before I got to the front of that horrible line. Who could hook me up? GatorDeb, who was in the line with me (I sometimes run into her at super-sales). She picked up a unit for me and brought it overto my office that afternoon. Really nice of her. Then, of course I broke the opical output while trying to set the unit up, and then returned it back to WallyWorld for a refund. __________________ Xbox Live Gametag : Decker 01 PSN Gametag : Decker01 My 360's Blog I haven't seen Evil Dead II...yet. My Countdown Counting down to: The Beatles : Rock Band + The Beatles Remastered Box Set And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.