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so.. where is the ncaa football 2011 thread
I was playing the demo together and it told me to hit B and point to the player i wanted to switch to, because its quicker than hitting B repeatedly till you get the one you want

but it didnt respond to my pointing

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:lol:

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As chuckd21. He sent me a very well-written and interesting XBL message about the game.

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Add this to your daily texting of the Spalding promo:

For 250 points from Sprint. Don't have to be on Sprint.

Text "4g sprint" to 72579

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Kinect is being priced @ $149.99 around various retailers. If this is the case, I don't see it having much chance. They need to price it at $99.99 bucks including a game. If they want any chance of this succeeding.

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I'm not even sure I'd buy it at that price point -- I guess it depends on the game they included. I think Kinetic would lay collecting dust next to my Xbox camera, my wireless headphone that works when it feels like it, my Xbox keypad that SUCKS to try and snap on to the controller and my PS3 eye camera or whatever it's called. IMO Microsoft will need a killer game to move that peripheral.

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Lower the better, but I can't see how people will be willing to shell out $149.99 just for the peripheral. You're right. I didn't see a killer app during the conference.

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I don't think I'm going to buy Kinect initially but remember that it's for casual gamers. So my guess is the first people buying it is going to be married w/kids hardcore gamers. The ones that have at least 2 consoles at home and would like to share one with their kids and/or wife.

Yeah, I'm married and with two girls, the 10 years old is actually a gamer, but I don't want to share any of my two consoles with them. :p

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The 10 years old actually commented about that during dinner. "I saw on tv about this Kinect thing for the Xbox, it looks really cool..."

I didn't say anything.

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Ooops, wrong thread.

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Also, for those who may be interested in the original old-school retro white arcade... Target is selling them for $130 with a $50 gift card.

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So apparently I won 800 MS points through the Spalding contest on my girlfriend's phone. I say apparently because she deleted the message thinking it was spam and now the contest won't let me enter anymore.

Anyone know how to get a deleted text message off an iphone?

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I get the same message and I haven't won shit. Their messages are broken.

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Pretty good Friday.

Picked up a $130 Arcade bundle from Target for $130 with a $50 gift card.

Then traded in my LAUNCH 360 to gamestop for the $100 credit deal towards a new 360 slim, along with a 64 MB mem card and the bundled games from the Target bundle I bought (along with a filler game) and got a new slim for about $175 out of pocket.

This thing is whisper quiet compared to my launch unit. Slapped my 120 GB from my older unit on the new arcade unit from target and put it downstairs.

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So what happens with the harddrive when a new 360 slim inevitably breaks and needs repairs? Are you stuck with going to MS to fix it, or is there a way to transfer the data from a busted 360 slim to a new slim? I'm on my 4th original 360, so this is a pretty major issue for me.

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what do you mean? Aren't you supposed to keep the hard drive when you send your Xbox for repair?

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on the slim, the harddrive is internal
i doubt they want you pulling that out, without voiding the warranty... (but i havent seen how the harddrive works on it, might have a sled to easily remove).

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Yes, with the 360Phat. uberjoe is asking about the slim.

I remember when I sent my original Xbox in for repair (internal hard drive). They assured me my saves would be retained -- nope, they just sent out a refurb unit with a wiped drive. :(

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i keep seeing the ads for espn3 on 360
to me, this would be HUGE, so Im really looking forward to it
I havent seen many actual details though..
anyone know when this is actually launching and will be available to use?

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No launch date yet, but logic dictates that if they miss college football kick-off, they've failed miserably.

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In one of the earlier videos I saw, they took out the internal hard drive, it was similar to the one in the PS3.
Is the hard drive sealed so you can't remove it?

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Like this:

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Unfortunately, it looks like they are still stuck with getting your ISPs approval, so as cool as I think this will be, I won't be able to use it.

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As long as you can remove that drive without voiding the warranty, I'm cool.

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From the video that seems to be case. Maybe one of the early adopters can comment about that.

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Of course you can. They'll need you to when the 400gb drives come out in March.

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Same here :(

You can go to espn3.com and see if you'll be able to access it. If you can play the streams you're good to go, if not you'll be out of luck.

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Really? That's a HUGE distinction that they forgot to mention in their press conferences. Thankfully, I do get that service through my ISP, though.

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Have you thought about another ISP? Or is there some reason why you can't/won't?

Ditto. And I can log in to espn3.com with my Cox account when I'm on my corporate VPN which isn't a supported ISP.

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I checked the list, and of the 2 available here (and one soon to be available) that have enough speed to be worthwhile, none of them are on it.

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Man, that sucks. Cox only got added a few months ago. Stay strong!

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well yea, i already have espn360/espn3 through my ISP.. and its the greatest thing since sliced bread.. but being able to easily stream it through my 360 will completely rock! may be enough to tempt me to get a couple more 360s around the house, since I already stream just about everything else through mine.

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well, i believe you can also pay for espn3.. if your provided doesnt hook you up with it for free

edit.. or i could be wrong :whofart:

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I'm not sure if I've mentioned it here or not, but I'm not sure how often I'd use ESPN3 on the 360 now that it's all sunk it.

I used to watch it on the laptop while I played games on the 360, so it may not get much use for me. Huge events I'm likely to be at a fellow alum's house. But like college bball games during the week will probably just be relegated to the laptop.

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espn3 affiliate list http://espn.go.com/espn3/affList

the big one to notice isnt there, is time warner.. (2nd largest cable provider)

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as an Auburn and SEC fan.. espn3 will be huge.. since ESPN is the SEC network.. once football season starts, Ill have access to just about every sec game.. if they arent on another channel, i can pick them up on espn3..

last year, i ran an hdmi cable from my PC to the plasma and streamed it.. but doing it over the 360 will be much less of a hassle.

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Yeah, I'm with Qwest, which I assume is one of the larger ISPs in the country, and that's missing too.

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ok.. so i was on amazon.com earlier today
and was looking at the ncaa football 2011 listing for the 360

under promotions, it said $10 gift certificate to be used for your next video game purchase and a free team fathead..
i was planning to preorder anyways.. and had some amazon cash burning a hole in my pocket.. but the free team fathead definitly sealed the deal.. those things are expensive and my son loves them..
so I went ahead and preordered..
then i was talking to my wife about it at lunch, and she was surprised by the free fathead offer, since those things cost as much or more than the game..
i went back to the listing on amazon.. and they now only list the $10 off next video game purchase, not the fathead...
I went on their support chat and asked.. the person I talked to said that if it was listed, they would honor it and that they are good able fulfilling all their promotions..
of course, now Im wondering if it was an error.. and if i could even prove that the promotion was being offered, if i had to..

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This is what's up now, twifoff:
When you click on the words Fathead Teamate, this image pros up:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.h...d_i=B00386ZE6I

Seriously doubt that Fathead is more than $60. edit : Checking Fathead website, they're $14.99. I wonder if this is an Amazon promo or one that's with every copy of NCAA 11. That wouldn't surprise me. Amazon likes to take credit for all those promotion.

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Especially if it's any of those teams. I'd say they're practically worthless.